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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 02:47 PM
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Business Never Better For Contractor That Failed Badly In Iraq
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Parsons Corp., a defense contractor working in Iraq, was given $275 million and contracts to build health clinics and a police academy. It failed miserably, but that hasn't hurt the company's business.

"We've lost no business over it. In fact, the very people who are criticizing us are giving us more work," Chief Executive James F. McNulty told the Washington Post.

Here's a question for the incoming Congress: Why?
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Botany Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:17 PM
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1. oh for the love God when are we going to get off the Iraq crazy bus?
"In fact, the very people who are criticizing us are giving us more work."

:grr:
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JABBS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 04:22 PM
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3. hopefully things change with a Democratic Congress
... and necessary oversight.
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Missy M Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-22-06 03:23 PM
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2. Sometimes that is how it works in America......
incompetence is rewarded and scum rises to the top.
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