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Article: SEN. OBAMA IRAQ SECURITY CONTRACTORS AMENDMENT WINS APPROVAL IN SENATE
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- September 28, 2007
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The office of Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., issued the following news release:
Last night, the United States Senate accepted an amendment to the Defense Department Authorization bill introduced by U.S. Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) that will require federal departments to compile and report information to Congress on the role of private security contractors in Iraq.
"There are too many unanswered questions about the role of private security contractors in Iraq and it's time for answers," Senator Obama said. "The American people have a right to know how their tax dollars are being spent in Iraq and the role that security contractors are playing. This legislation will start getting the ...