Transcript: SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PHASE-OUT PRIVATE SECURITY CONTRACTORS WEDNESDAY

Article: REP. KUCINICH: THE ADMINISTRATION MUST REWRITE THE RULES TO ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 17, 2007 ;     366 words ... ... but Congress should also hold Blackwater accountable. "Congress needs to examine whether the United States should even use security contractors in war zones. A thorough and comprehensive examination is needed to know the true implications ...

Article: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AIMS TO RESOLVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  October 18, 2007 ;     673 words ... ... Iraq is pressuring the United States to pull all Blackwater USA security contractors out of Iraq following ... outset." Gates said the United States could continue its mission in Iraq without security contractors, but only by committing ...

Article: House Appropriations Bill Targets Private Security ...
Defense Daily;  August 14, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... among private security contractors in Iraq, the ... conflict in which the United States has used private ... nation is using security contractors in Iraq more extensively ... Department about its security contractors has been tough ...

Article: Soldiers of fortune - holding private security ...
Denver Journal of International Law and Policy;  December 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... of private security contractors. (2) The United States now relies ... used private security contractors to conduct ... of private security contractors are operating ... used by the United States in Iraq, yet ...

Article: SEN. OBAMA CALLS ON PRESIDENT BUSH TO RELEASE INFORMATION ON ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 24, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... information on the total number of security contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, the total ... known about what functions these security contractors are performing, how much their ... compile and report information on security contractors to Congress. Obama originally offered ...

Article: U.S. defense chief urges security contractors to ...
Xinhua News Agency;  October 18, 2007 ;     514 words ... ... chief urges security contractors to coordinate ... Xinhua) -- United States Defense SecretaryRobert ... Thursday security contractors in Iraq to ... indispensable to the United States for allowing ... to put all security contractors under a central ...

Article: SENATE AND HOUSE MEMBERS INTRODUCE BILL TO PHASE-OUT PRIVATE ...
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  November 7, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... put private security contractors out of business ... represent the United States because their ... allow for security contractors to literally ... policy of the United States more difficult ... unaccountable private security contractors in the theater ...