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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.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; corruption; cronyism; cultureofcorruption; democratcorruption; obama; usaid
To: Steve Peacock
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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)
To: BenLurkin
And what does Halliburton get out of it??
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posted on
05/05/2011 11:00:12 AM PDT
by
Scanian
To: Steve Peacock
An affirmative action Haliburton, without the engineering expertise.
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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)
To: Steve Peacock
Are they selling Lard to Afghans?
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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!)
To: Steve Peacock
Halliburton! Halliburton!!!
Oh..wait...
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posted on
05/05/2011 11:01:49 AM PDT
by
jagusafr
("We hold these truths to be self-evident...")
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.
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posted on
05/05/2011 11:01:59 AM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(Congress doesn't care a damn about "we the people")
To: Steve Peacock
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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?)
To: All
To: Steve Peacock
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posted on
05/05/2011 11:25:00 AM PDT
by
razorback-bert
(Some days it's not worth chewing through the straps.)
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...
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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)
To: ClearCase_guy; SortaBichy
MO’s Hula Hoop is way, way too small....
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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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To: razorback-bert
I wonder if he borrowed that bow tie from Farrakhan.
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.
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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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