Billionaire Clinton pal finally gets waiver from U.S. no-fly list

By John Solomon

The United States has issued a written apology to a jet-setting billionaire businessman and philanthropist with close ties to former Preside

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"… or attacks, his recent work in Saudi Arabia, his opposition to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the fact that he hailed from New Mexico where the Yeme …"

Where are the watchdogs?

By John Solomon

Faced with record deficits and expanding federal responsibilities, politicians from President Barack Obama on down routinely talk about the

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"… esigned after a controversy involving investigations into spending in Iraq and Afghanistan.And the Central Intelligence Agency, often in the limeligh …"

"… nal committee questioned his independence and his oversight of spending in Iraq. To date, a successor has not been named.President Obama caused a stir in …"

McClellan book confirms Center's 'Iraq: The War Card' report

By Caitlin Ginley

In a new memoir, former White House press secretary Scott McClellan became the first Bush administration official to confirm the orchestrate

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"… hestrated deception reported in the Center for Public Integrity's project, Iraq: The War Card, which highlighted 935 false statements made by President Ge …"

"… and biological weapons.* November 13, 2002: We have made that clear, that Iraq does possess chemical and biological weapons. And what we are doing is to …"

"… r 14, 2002: And it spells clearly out in the resolution what the regime in Iraq needs to do to disarm.* February 10, 2003: And this is a—if Saddam Husse …"

"… of the reasons—one of the primary reasons that we had to take action in Iraq was because of that danger that is posed by a regime like Saddam Hussein's …"

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Club 100: Over 100 Americans gave more than $100,000 to state political parties

By Robert Moore

WASHINGTON, November 21, 2002 — Political party organizations will never do business quite the same way again. ...

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"… nat, Inc. for shares worth over $1 billion. Zilkha, who is originally from Iraq, is the owner of Tower Grove Vintners in Arroyo Grande, Calif. He is one o …"

Bush's insider connections preceded huge profit on stock deal

By Knut Royce

WASHINGTON, April 4, 2000 — The year 1986 was very good for George W. Bush. ...

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"… he was able to raise the cash in the nick of time—just three days before Iraq invaded Kuwait, setting in motion huge gasoline-price increases that drove …"

Commentary: Everything I'm telling you is entirely legal

By Charles Lewis

December 21, 2000 — Remarks at the 22nd annual conference of the Council on Governmental Ethics Laws in Tampa, Fla., December 5....

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"… reign agents, one of them working for Saddam Hussein and the government of Iraq, were serving on a trade advisory committee with national security clearan …"

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Outsourcing the war

By Andrew Green

That was then . . . Parsons Corporation ranks 10th in the Center’s compilation of top private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2

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"… ion ranks 10th in the Center’s compilation of top private contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan between 2004 and 2006. More broadly, in this, our second W …"

"… riod.”And this is now . . .An audit by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction finds that Parsons received $142 million from the U.S. gove …"

"… . government to construct prisons, fire stations, and police facilities in Iraq that were never built or finished, according to The Washington Post. Assoc …"

Army health building upgrade canceled after questions raised about cost estimates

By Julie Vorman

Tricare Management and the U.S. Army did not properly plan a project using $15.7 million in stimulus funds to modernize electrical, mechanic

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"… (OIG)* U.S. Agency for International Development underpaid local hires in Iraq for overtime and severance and retirement pay, and the errors were mostly …"

One-fourth of Pentagon’s war zone pay to civilians was improper

By Julie Vorman

The Pentagon improperly spent $57.7 million on danger and hardship pay and other special allowances and pay differentials for nearly 9,000 c

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"… fferentials for nearly 9,000 civilian employees working In Afghanistan and Iraq, according to the Defense Department’s Office of Inspector General.The $ …"

"… ayments, the report said. For example, some civilian employees received an Iraq danger pay allowance rate of 35 percent even though they were still in Kuw …"

"… which has a danger pay allowance rate of 15 percent. Another employee left Iraq for a 30-day trip to the United States, but continued to receive $3,857 in …"

DNA backlog rises at FBI laboratory

By Julie Vorman

As any armchair detective knows, a DNA sample is often the key evidence that convicts a murderer by the end of a 60-minute TV crime show. Bu

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"… on it sought for handling DNA samples from improvised explosive devices in Iraq and Afghanistan.Quick Fact: Less than 50 percent of an FBI DNA examiner’ …"

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