Clinton back in the Senate saddle again. Calls for Senate investigation of Halliburton subsidiary.

[maddezmom]

Clinton back in the Senate saddle again. Calls for Senate investigation of Halliburton subsidiary.
WASHINGTON--Former presidential contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) is back on the Senate beat. She is calling Tuesday--via a press release, she has not surfaced for a week--for a probe of government contracts with a Halliburton subsidiary with over $1 billion in questionable charges for work in Iraq.


CLINTON CALLS FOR INVESTIGATION INTO GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS WITH KBR


New Report of Over $1 Billion in Questionable Charges


WASHINGTON, DC—Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton today called for a Senate investigation into the Pentagon’s contracts with KBR, the former Halliburton subsidiary and recipient of the largest government contract in Iraq. It was reported today that Charles M. Smith, the Army official formerly responsible for managing the Pentagon’s contract with KBR, was removed for refusing to pay over $1 billion in questionable charges to the contactor. In a letter to Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Senator Clinton called for a committee hearing to investigate the contracts awarded to KBR in the Iraq War.


“This is the latest in a series of staggering reports that the Administration has turned a blind eye while private contractors run amok in Iraq. The administration owes the American people an explanation as to why it has allowed KBR and other private contractors to both compromise our mission in Iraq and squander billions of dollars in the process. Putting an end to the fraud, waste, and abuse of government contracts in Iraq is long overdue,” said Senator Clinton.

more: http://blogs.suntimes.com/sweet/2008/06/clinton_back_in_the_senate_sad.html

[Greyskye]

1. Excellent.

Go Hillary! :thumbsup:

[Joanne98]

2. YAY!!!!!!!!

[Flying Dream Blues]

3. Go Hillary...you rock! nt

[maddezmom]

4. kicking

Can we get a little more love here? :D

[Jakes Progress]

5. Yeah.

Now that she isn't bound by the need to appeal to everyone under the sun, we can look forward to a new liberal light in the Senate. We will have to be understanding of Barack's need to appeal to a broader base over the next few months and hope that his victory will let him swing left.

All this can be good.

[Occam Bandage]

7. I'd really, really like to see her realize that

the Presidency ain't gonna happen now or ever, much as Gore did...and then, like Gore, leave the carefully-crafted "moderate" image in the dust and blossom into the progressive force that she wants to be.

[Occam Bandage]

6. Nice to see her getting back into the swing of things. She's a fantastic Senator,

and I've never said differently. She's one of the top ten for sure.

[KoKo]

8. Very Nice...thanks for the post on this...n/t