Thursday, February 12, 2009

FOLLOW-UP ON IRAQI CONTRACTORS

Remember about a week ago I posted a piece on Blackwater losing their Iraqi contract? Well, I was surfing through some Iraq/Afghanistan Vet issues and found this quickie interview with Paul Rieckhoff on MSNBC regarding the private contractors and the unaccountable expense to our defense budget.
Let's listen...


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks Mike...

This is a serious issue - and I'm not sure folks realize just how serious an issue this has been - and if not addressed now - could become...

NS

Anonymous said...

Mike,

I haven't really had time to even read this through yet...

But if you get a chance, check out: "Blackwater Picks A New Name It's Xe" at: NPRhttp://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=100675028&sc=nl&cc=bh-20090213

NS