***** WebCast: "Rewarding Failure: Contractor Bonuses for Faulty Work in Iraq" *****

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The video link just went LIVE.
Dorgan calling meeting to order this moment.

"Rewarding Failure: Contractor Bonuses for Faulty Work in Iraq"
http://dpc.senate.gov/

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

9:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

628 Dirksen Senate Office Building

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Link will become active shortly before the hearing.
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Click here to view the press release.
http://dpc.senate.gov/pdf/press_release_052009_hearing.pdf

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1. Thanks LC. . .n/t

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3. electrocution = "negligent homicide" covered up as "natural causes"

billions of $$$$ in fraud

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4. 90% of work not to code = 70,000 buildings, untrained workers from 3rd countries.

All profit, no real electricians!!

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5. "KBR not capable of performing quality, legal work"

50% of electricians did not understand grounding, supervisors did not understand electrical work.

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6. REUTERS: U.S. Army paid bonuses to KBR despite questions

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090520/pl_nm/us_iraq_army_kbr

By Thomas Ferraro Thomas Ferraro – Wed May 20, 2:32 am ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Army paid "tens of millions of dollars in bonuses" to KBR Inc, its biggest contractor in Iraq, even after it concluded the firm's electrical work had put U.S. soldiers at risk, according to a source close to a U.S. congressional investigation.

The Senate Democratic Policy Committee plans to hold a hearing on Wednesday to examine KBR's operations in Iraq, and question why the Army rewarded the Houston-based company.

The panel says KBR has been linked to at least two, and as many as five, electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers and contractors in Iraq due to "shoddy work."

Investigators believe hundreds of other soldiers may have received electrical shocks, the source added. The Army is investigating.

The company denies responsibility for any of the electrocutions, .........

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8. this country continues to embarrass itself