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Current Events => Breaking News => Topic started by: tuolumnejim on January 25, 2010, 11:58:45 AM
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Fox News Link (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/obama-administration-steers-lucrative-bid-contract-afghan-work-dem-donor/)
Updated January 25, 2010
Obama Administration Steers Lucrative No-Bid Contract for Afghan Work to Dem Donor
By James Rosen
- FOXNews.com
The Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a prominent Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
Despite President Obama's long history of criticizing the Bush administration for "sweetheart deals" with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide "rule of law stabilization services" in war-torn Afghanistan.
A synopsis of the contract published on the USAID Web site says Checchi & Company will "train the next generation of legal professionals" throughout the Afghan provinces and thereby "develop the capacity of Afghanistan's justice system to be accessible, reliable, and fair."
The legality of the arrangement as a "sole source," or no-bid, contract was made possible by virtue of a waiver signed by the USAID administrator. "They cancelled the open bid on this when they came to power earlier this year," a source familiar with the federal contracting process told Fox News.
"That's kind of weird," said another source, who has worked on "rule of law" issues in both Afghanistan and Iraq, about the no-bid contract to Checchi & Company. "There's lots of companies and non-governmental organizations that do this sort of work."
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O-peachment!
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Can't wait to see them try to spin this.
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They are going to put such a good spin on it that we will look like the bad guys once again
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Colour me surprised! Wait, wait, didn't we have a little hoo-ha over some tiny little hole-in-the wall company called Haliburton a few years back - wasn't it the Democrats doing the hooing and the haing?
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No Blood for ...........Oh wait a minute it's ok now that they have the Big Eared Kenyan in Office
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Despite President Obama’s long history of criticizing the Bush administration for “sweetheart deals†with favored contractors, the Obama administration this month awarded a $25 million federal contract for work in Afghanistan to a company owned by a Democratic campaign contributor without entertaining competitive bids, Fox News has learned.
The contract, awarded on Jan. 4 to Checchi & Company Consulting, Inc., a Washington-based firm owned by economist and Democratic donor Vincent V. Checchi, will pay the firm $24,673,427 to provide “rule of law stabilization services†in war-torn Afghanistan.
A synopsis of the contract published on the USAID Web site says Checchi & Company will “train the next generation of legal professionals†throughout the Afghan provinces and thereby “develop the capacity of Afghanistan’s justice system to be accessible, reliable, and fair.â€
The legality of the arrangement as a “sole source,†or no-bid, contract was made possible by virtue of a waiver signed by the USAID administrator. “They cancelled the open bid on this when they came to power earlier this year,†a source familiar with the federal contracting process told Fox News.
“That’s kind of weird,†said another source, who has worked on “rule of law†issues in both Afghanistan and Iraq, about the no-bid contract to Checchi & Company. “There’s lots of companies and non-governmental organizations that do this sort of work.â€
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/25/obama-administration-steers-lucrative-bid-contract-afghan-work-dem-donor/
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And yet in the DUmmys very own LBN they're jumping for joy over a story about Halliburton. Halliburton net income falls by 48% (http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x4241598) :thatsright:
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Dupe. http://www.conservativecave.com/index.php/topic,39768.0.html
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How dare you people question the chosen one's motives. They are as pure as street whore.
You must now repent, recite 5 hail obamas and donate your paycheck to underprivileged polar bears for swimming lessons so they can swim down from the north pole and eat you.
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So much for his promise in his Inauguration Speech of doing away with "special interest no-bid contracts".
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Just in time for the SOTU address :rotf: