Big break for big oil, larger burden for taxpayers

By Aaron Mehta

Whistleblowers help recover half-billion in energy revenues - but billions more owed taxpayers on public lands use

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… oyees are still tying up loose ends, such as unresolved royalty imbalances.Vietnam, New Guinea have better collection systemsA series of GAO reports ove …"

"… all but 11. Among countries with more effective systems: Papua New Guinea, Vietnam and Norway.The problems have their roots in the process itself. Each compa …"

U.S. free trade agreements locked in limbo

By Laurel Adams

The number of bilateral and regional free trade agreements has been increasing worldwide, but the U.S. has been sitting on three

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… New Zealand and Singapore, but other countries, like Australia, Peru, and Vietnam are considering the agreement.Following are other new watchdog reports rel …"

FDA screening of fish imports not catching antibiotics and drug residue

By Laurel Adams

FDA taken to task for sloppy inspections of imported fish

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… top seafood exporters to the U.S. are China, Thailand, Canada, Indonesia, Vietnam and Ecuador. …"

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Ghost soldiers

By Mark Benjamin and Barbara Slavin

The Pentagon sent ill-equipped and poorly trained reservists into harm's way as it scrambled to fill Civil Affairs units to rebuild Iraq and

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… ctor of the Port of Oregon. Such forces have also been used extensively in Vietnam and in post-conflict situations and natural disasters in Central America, …"

A legacy of spying

By G.W. Schulz

Civil libertarians worry that fusion centers, financed with hundreds of millions of dollars in homeland security grants, are a throw-back to

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… ning journalist David Halberstam, who had dispatched critical reports from Vietnam that contradicted government claims about U.S. successes in the region.In …"

Exporting an epidemic

By Jim Morris

Human toll reaches millions as asbestos industry expands worldwide

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… mbia, India, Indonesia, Korea, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, Thailand, and Vietnam. The industry paid for all of his travel, Bernstein told ICIJ in an interv …"

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A most favored corporation: Enron prevailed in federal, state lobbying efforts 49 times

By M. Asif Ismail

WASHINGTON, January 6, 2003 — Enron Corp., which ran a formidable lobbying machine in Washington and state capitals, gained favorable treatm

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… competition. The bid wasre-opened in 1999.Normalization of tradeties with VietnamA topEnron official told a congressional panel the company wanted EXIM Bank …"

"… mpany wanted EXIM Bank andOPIC to be granted authority to fund projects in Vietnam. The Clintonadministration normalized trade relations with Vietnam in 1999 …"

"… ects in Vietnam. The Clintonadministration normalized trade relations with Vietnam in 1999.Enron Corp. hired at least 28 former government officials to work …"

Cloud of corruption around Democrats' union patron

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, August 9, 2000 — As the Democratic National Convention gets under way in Los Angeles, the American Federation of State, County a

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… his independence. A case in point: He opposed the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam war, to the consternation of George Meany, then the president of the AFL-C …"

Cheney led Halliburton to feast at federal trough

By Knut Royce and Nathaniel Heller

WASHINGTON, August 2, 2000 — Under the guidance of Richard Cheney, a get-the-government-out-of-my-face conservative, Halliburton Company ove

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… large channel of heroin transit was established from Burma through Laos, Vietnam, to the Far East [Siberia].” From there the drugs were camouflaged as fl …"

Party machines, lobbyists and special interests: Part one

WASHINGTON, March 2, 2000 — It is no surprise and nothing new in the land of the spin and the home of the sound bite that each and every can

Excerpts from this story referencing "Vietnam":

"… ed George W. Bush enlist in the Texas Air National Guard rather than go to Vietnam 31 years ago.Texas isn't the only place where GTECH has had its probl …"

"… gest investment companies. Allison, a U.S. Navy veteran who also served in Vietnam, told the Financial Times newspaper last September that McCain “will pro …"

"… sidential Medal of Freedom.“I met [McCain] because when I left Hanoi the Vietnamese offered [to let] me take McCain with me and I refused to take him on th …"

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