Fraud,Waste, Abuse New US Embassy Iraq

[Parche]

Thursday, July 26, 2007
Iraq Reconstruction, Waste, Fraud, and Abuse
Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq
Table of Contents
Overview

Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement

On Thursday, the Committee held a hearing to examine the performance of the State Department and its contractors in the construction of the new $600 million U.S. embassy in Baghdad. The Committee asked questions regarding the embassy compound construction as well as allegations of labor abuse through improper contracting practices.

The following witnesses testified:

Mr. John Owens, Former Employee, First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting Company
Mr. Rory Mayberry, Former Subcontractor Employee, First Kuwaiti Trading & Contracting Company
Mr. Karl Demming, KBR
Major General (Retired) Charles E. Williams, Director, Office of Overseas Building Operations, Department of State
Mr. William Moser, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Acquisitions, Department of State
Hon. Patrick Kennedy, Director, Office of Management Policy, Department of State
Mr. Howard J. Krongard, Inspector General, Department of State

Documents and Links
Testimony of Karl Demming
Testimony of John Owens
Testimony of Rory Mayberry
Testimony of Charles Williams
Testimony of Patrick F. Kennedy
Testimony of Howard Krongard
KBR Electrical Inspection
State Department IG Report
Cable from Baghdad Embassy to State Department Describing Status of Embassy Construction
Response from State Department to Baghdad Embassy
http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1432


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And as always Ignorant Fukwad Darrell Issa was the biggest jerk and A$$hole
Gawd I despise him..........I wish someone would slam him

[shance]

1. They forgot forced enslavement and kidnapping of workers to take them to Baghdad

where they stole their passports and forced them to work and they had NO CHOICE.

That is what happened to individuals living in Africa who were forced into chains and put on ships to come here a couple of centuries ago.