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POLITICS / NEWS Wed Feb 24, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- The Department of Homeland Security has more contractors working for it than full-time employees, a situation two members of Congress said Tuesday was "unacceptable, untenable and unsustainable.".. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 5, 2010 @ 9:00am neoform

CNN -- President Obama is scheduled to attend a Friday memorial service for seven CIA officers and contractors killed in Afghanistan in December... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Feb 16, 2007 @ 8:09am neoform

SF Gate -- More than $10 billion of the money paid to military contractors for Iraq reconstruction and troop support was either excessive or unsupported by documents, including $2.7 billion for contracts held by Halliburton or one of its subsidiaries, Congress was t.. Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Fri Oct 5, 2007 @ 8:15am neoform

SF Gate -- The House overwhelmingly voted Thursday to place all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones under the jurisdiction of U.S. courts, as Congress continues to probe last month's deadly shootings in Baghdad by Blackwater USA employees... Read More

POLITICS / NEWS Thu Oct 4, 2007 @ 10:02pm neoform

MSNBC -- The House passed a bill Thursday that would make all private contractors working in Iraq and other combat zones subject to prosecution by U.S. courts. It was the first major legislation of its kind to pass since a deadly shootout last month involving Blac.. Read More