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NTYPublished: March 28, 2008
WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will investigate the award of a federal contract for nearly $300 million to provide ammunition for Afghanistan army and police units, the panel’s chairman said Thursday.
The chairman, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, said the committee would hold a hearing on April 17 to scrutinize the contract awarded to AEY Inc., a company that The New York Times reported had supplied ammunition that was often obsolete or defective.
“The hearing will examine the company’s financial history, past performance, and compliance with U.S. law and government contracting regulations as well as the federal government’s efforts to investigate allegations that AEY may have violated U.S. law and government contracting regulations,” the committee said in a statement.
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