Group Says Iraq Contractors Donated Significantly to Bush's Campaign

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Group Says Iraq Contractors Donated Significantly to Bush's Campaign

By Peter Slevin
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, October 30, 2003; 12:42 PM


Private contractors that received billions in reconstruction contracts for Iraq and Afghanistan contributed significantly to President Bush's election campaign and stocked their staffs and governing boards with well-connected former federal officials, according to a report released today by a watchdog group.



The Center for Public Integrity matched companies with political donations to conclude that dozens of companies that won contracts had contributed to national political campaigns, with President Bush receiving more money than any other candidate since 1990--about $500,000.

The winners of the top 10 contracts for work in Iraq and Afghanistan contributed about $1 million a year to national political parties, candidates and political action committees since 1990, according to the group, which studies the links between money and politics.

The organization discovered in its six-month project that basic details were hard to obtain about the size and scope of contracts awarded by the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development. The group also questioned the degree of oversight over the billions in spending.

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[Hawkeye-X]

1. Not shocking considering..

Chimp just extended the no-bid contract to Haliburton up until next year.

:eyes:

Well, hopefully our next President in 2005 will begin indictments for many of *'s cronies and * himself for high treason.

Hawkeye-X