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"… by government investigators to prosecutors dropped precipitously under the Bush administration, even as contracting by the Defense Department almost doubled.Defense cont …"

"… nflation to 2008 dollars). But Defense Department investigators during the Bush administration sent 76 percent fewer contracting fraud and corruption cases to the Justic …"

"… was responsible for more than 65 percent of federal contracting during the Bush administration. And FBI statistics requested by the Center focusing just on the Pentagon …"