Posted on 01/31/2010 4:03:48 PM PST by Shellybenoit
On Monday we learned the Obama administration awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to Checchi & Company, owned by Vincent V. Checchi a prominent Democratic campaign contributor. The Contract was awarded without entertaining competitive bids.
Despite President Obama's long history of criticizing the Bush administration for "sweetheart deals" with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington- based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide "rule of law stabilization services" in war-torn Afghanistan. A job that many different contractors are qualified to perform.
Today it was announced that the no-bid contract was canceled, not because last week's report made the Administration feel guilty about breaking it promise, but because a competitor to Checchi was alerted to the no-bid deal and protested.
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Wait a minute...the media can’t possibly be upset over this! This is nothing compared to the ‘Access of Evil Halliburton/Cheney’ scandal! They’re not giving up on that one, are they?
*SMIRK*
>SNORT<
Put the spotlight on the cockroaches and they scurry for cover.
SNICKER
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