Claire McCaskill

Iraq Oil Contracts Under Investigation

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State Department investigating whether employees helped Western companies with Iraqi oil deals By CHRISTINE SIMMONS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON July 24, 2008 (AP) An oil worker climbs the steps of a new oil rig being...                

More defense vendors, please

baltimoresun.com     yesterday          

I n 1993, Defense Secretary Les Aspin invited more than a dozen CEOs of big weapons and aerospace companies to dinner at the Pentagon. In what has become known as the Last Supper, he shocked them by saying that, with the end of...                

Allison Stevens: Female Activists Quiet on Woman Vice President

huffingtonpost.com     yesterday          

Women's rights activists have the best opportunity in a generation to get a woman on the vice presidential ballot -- and perhaps in the vice president's office -- this fall. Lingering pain over the protracted presidential...                

CAGW Names Rep. Mica Porker of the Month (Business Wire)

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Thursday July 24, 11:46 am ET WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today named Rep. John Mica (R-Fla.) its July Porker of the Month for his opposition to an earmark ban and defense of earmarks....                

State IG to look at U.S. role in Iraq oil deals

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By Dan Friedman CongressDaily July 24, 2008 Responding to a request by four Senate Democrats, the State Department's inspector general has announced an inquiry into the department's policy on western oil company contracts in...                

US says defense contract audits changed on pressure from military contractors, Pentagon

iht.com     Jul 24, 2008   33 related          

Auditors at a U.S. Defense Department oversight agency forced changes to unfavorable reports on contracts with some of the nation's largest defense companies, hid contractor overbilling and attempted to hinder an investigation...                

Mo. Republican governor's debate gets testy

kmov.com     Jul 24, 2008   3 related          

10:16 PM CDT on Wednesday, July 23, 2008 SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) -- U.S. Rep. Kenny Hulshof fought back in a Wednesday night debate against what he derided as a "relentless, constant barrage of attack" by Republican gubernatorial...                

Lawmakers seek to rein in credit card firms targeting students

ecollegetimes.com     Jul 24, 2008   2 related          

Credit card companies beware: Congress is watching. A flurry of bills is in the works in the House of Representatives and the Senate that would rein in how those companies do business. One proposed change that has triggered...                

Reverse Mortgage Abuse on the Rise

kiplinger.com     Jul 23, 2008          

Lawmakers and regulators warn of predatory practices in the growing reverse mortgage market. By Kathryn A. Walson, Staff Writer, Kiplinger's Retirement Report After her husband died in November 2003, Ernestine Boach met with a...                

Team Obama growing again

orlandosentinel.com     Jul 23, 2008   1 related          

The Barack Obama campaign has added another spokesperson to the roster, naming Adrianne Marsh as Florida spokeswoman. Marsh, who will work out of the Tampa headquarters, was until recently the communications director for Sen....                

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