The discovery shows the dense world of Iraq contracting,where the main contractor hires subcontractors who then hire additional subcontractors. Each company tacks on a charge for overhead,a cost that works its way up to U.S. taxpayers."This ongoing episode demonstrates the Pentagon's complete failure to safeguard taxpayer $,"said Rep.Van Hollen,one of the lawmakers who had asked about the Blackwater contract & received denials |
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