Congress reviews war contractors' spending practices

Wed, 08/12/2009 - 13:48
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In Congress, a commission on wartime contracting wrapped up two days of hearings examining the spending practices of top government contractors that provide translators for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.  Congress members pressed these corporations' executives to explain how they used billions of government dollars following reports that administrative salaries have been rising as salaries for translators have been cut.  FSRN’s Matt Pearson reports.

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