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Fat Contracts Drift Toward Former Obama Official's Company...
U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor ^ | 05/05/2011 | Steve Peacock

Posted on 05/05/2011 10:56:57 AM PDT by Steve Peacock

-- Vendor Gets Yet Another Multi-Million-Dollar Award

A nonprofit whose vice president is a former Obama administration official has secured a nearly $100 million government contract in Afghanistan, raising concerns with at least one former U.S. State Department insider.

(Excerpt) Read more at tradeaidmonitor.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; corruption; cronyism; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption; obama; usaid

1 posted on 05/05/2011 10:57:02 AM PDT by Steve Peacock
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To: Steve Peacock

Is anyone surprised?


2 posted on 05/05/2011 10:58:49 AM PDT by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: BenLurkin

And what does Halliburton get out of it??


3 posted on 05/05/2011 11:00:12 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Steve Peacock

An affirmative action Haliburton, without the engineering expertise.


4 posted on 05/05/2011 11:00:58 AM PDT by blackdog (The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop)
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To: Steve Peacock

Are they selling Lard to Afghans?


5 posted on 05/05/2011 11:01:31 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Steve Peacock

Halliburton! Halliburton!!!

Oh..wait...


6 posted on 05/05/2011 11:01:49 AM PDT by jagusafr ("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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To: Steve Peacock

This is what dimowits mean when they promise honesty and transparency; yet all the rats follow their leader with blinders on and full speed ahead. The problem is, they are bringing us down with them.


7 posted on 05/05/2011 11:01:59 AM PDT by New Jersey Realist (Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
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To: Steve Peacock

8 posted on 05/05/2011 11:03:59 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (The USSR spent itself into bankruptcy and collapsed -- and aren't we on the same path now?)
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To: All

obama the pure!


9 posted on 05/05/2011 11:09:51 AM PDT by Maverick68
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To: Steve Peacock

10 posted on 05/05/2011 11:25:00 AM PDT by razorback-bert (Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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To: Scanian

For all the liberal hatred of Halliburton, it IS a real company. I have my doubts about this guy ... never heard of his ‘company’ before...


11 posted on 05/05/2011 11:27:05 AM PDT by GOPJ (Osama bin SEALed - http://www.citizenwarrior.com/2009/05/terrifying-brilliance-of-islam.html)
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To: ClearCase_guy; SortaBichy

MO’s Hula Hoop is way, way too small....


12 posted on 05/05/2011 11:32:57 AM PDT by ErnBatavia (It's not the Obama Administration....it's the "Obama Regime".)
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13 posted on 05/05/2011 11:42:43 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: razorback-bert

I wonder if he borrowed that bow tie from Farrakhan.


14 posted on 05/05/2011 11:52:54 AM PDT by liberalh8ter
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; Delacon; ...

Thanks Steve Peacock.
A nonprofit whose vice president is a former Obama administration official has secured a nearly $100 million government contract in Afghanistan, raising concerns with at least one former U.S. State Department insider.
Some nonprofit, eh? Limo libs, fleecing people, not giving a damn about the poor, and pointing the finger of blame, nothin' to see here.


15 posted on 05/05/2011 3:03:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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