Obama Faults Use Of Contract Workers

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Obama faults use of contract workers
He targets Blackwater USA, accused of killing unarmed civilians in Iraq.

By MASON KERNS
REGISTER CORRESPONDENT
October 4, 2007
Iowa City, Ia. - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, in Iowa on Wednesday, castigated the Bush administration's use of private security contractors in Iraq and unveiled an accountability proposal to keep such companies in check.

Obama, a U.S. senator from Illinois, spoke to more than 500 people on the University of Iowa campus. He took aim at Blackwater USA, a company under scrutiny in connection with allegations that private security guards killed Iraqi civilians.

"We're not going to win fights when we outsource critical missions to unaccountable contractors who show reckless disregard for Iraqi life," Obama said, as the audience cheered. "The Bush administration's approach to handling this situation is inaction at best, and collusion to cover up the incident at worst. This is completely unacceptable, although, unfortunately, it's typical."

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