State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

IG questions whether State Department is ready to take over many reconstruction tasks in Iraq

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U.S. embassy in Baghdad needs transition plan for staffing, vehicles

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As U.S. troops prepare to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011, the American embassy in Baghdad must make its own transition plans to prote

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State Dept’s bomb-sniffing dogs struggle to detect explosives

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Bomb-sniffing dogs are used by the U.S. State Department to search vehicles, packages, and luggage at embassies and consulates in Afghanista

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Former Blackwater employees accuse security contractor of defrauding government

By Nick Schwellenbach and Carol D. Leonnig

Two former employees of Blackwater Worldwide have accused the private security contractor of defrauding the government for years through pho

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Wartime contracting getting new scrutiny on the ground

By Nick Schwellenbach

Here comes the cavalry, of sorts. Fifteen members and staff from the congressionally-created Commission on Wartime Contracting have left sta

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Early warning

By Alan Green

WASHINGTON, May 5, 2004 — One year before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, then-Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White informed a trio of top-level

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Top 100 Contractors in Iraq, Afghanistan

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By the numbers

By Bill Buzenberg and David E. Kaplan

With two wars and an economy in shambles, it’s not hard to get the feeling that something’s gone terribly wrong here in Washington. “We’ll l

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Is Michael Jackson's doctor disqualified from Medicare? Or are two senators mistaken?

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Despite allegations, no prosecutions for war zone sex trafficking

By Nick Schwellenbach and Carol D. Leonnig

Eight years ago, President George W. Bush issued a stern policy on sex trafficking in war zones — a policy that remains on the books to this

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Human trafficking allegations test diplomatic immunity

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Windfalls of war: Pentagon's competition for contracts abysmal compared to other agencies

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Contractor that was subject of iWatch News story reaches settlement with government

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Contractors write the rules

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War contracting commission cites Center article on trafficking

By Nick Schwellenbach

During a hearing on the oversight of subcontractors in war zones, the Wartime Contracting Commission on Monday cited the Center for Public I

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KBR subcontractor in Iraq gets U.S. contracts despite human trafficking allegations

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Billions for KBR

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Pentagon negotiates with indicted contractor, despite suspension

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For the second time this year, the Pentagon is trying to give a no-bid contract extension to a logistics company operating a supply warehous

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