Posted on 01/31/2010 5:27:57 AM PST by tobyhill
The U.S. has canceled a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan awarded to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor who did not face competitive bids.
The cancellation comes after Fox News first reported on the details of the contract last week, prompting lawmakers to make inquiries into the deal.
State Department Spokesman P.J. Crowley said that USAID terminated the award and is now working on an appropriate resolution.
"If you want to say this violates the basis on which this administration came into office and campaigned, fair enough," Crowley told Fox News.
The contract had been awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi that was hired to provide "rule of law stabilization services" in war-torn Afghanistan.
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Another victory for the good guys.
The issue is not that it violated an Obama campaign pledge, the issue is that they got caught and it resonated.
Exactly! This administration is full of hypocritical policies yet they don’t think it counts unless they get caught.
Love the smell of scorched RAT in the morning.
AKA,”Fair enough,you caught us.”
Oh, darn it. I was already using “Cheech and Chong” (my interpretation of the company’s name) to taunt liberals everytime they (continue to) say something negative about President Bush or VP Cheney (Halliburton, ya know).
Actually - this is good news. The Revolution rides on!
Do any CA FReepers know if there is a relation ship between Vincent V. Checchi and Alfred A. Checchi?
Well having criticized the Republicans for all the no-bid contracts Haliburton and other companies got it’s nice to see the shoe on the other foot.
Anyone know if Vincent Checchi is related to Al Checchi? Just curious :)
I don’t believe the Halliburton contracts were no-bid.
Most if not all of them were.
Summary Total dollars: $77,955,272
Total number of contractors: 1
Total number of transactions: 58
There's been more from where that $25 mil came from....
As were those to Perini Corp and Fluor Corp.
FYI, backhoe, in case this is of interest :)
As I recall KBR, while still part of Halliburton, lost the LOGCAP contract to Dyncorp in 1997 when it went up for bid. The contract was re-bid in 2001 and KBR won it back.
That was all pre-invasion. Following the 2002 invasion Haliburton got billions in no-bid contracts, as did other companies.
But Haliburton is the only one you hear about. Perhaps the ties between Sen. DiFi and Perini Corp. and Fluor Corp are the reason no one explores their contracts.
Just my .02
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