CSPAN-3 ALERT: Oversight Hearing on Iraq Contractor Abuses

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ON CAPITOL HILL

Contracting Abuses in Iraq

Senate Democratic Policy Committee Chairman Byron Dorgan (D-ND) will conduct an oversight meeting on efforts to seek accountability for contracting abuses in Iraq. Witnesses include: former Halliburton employee, Julie McBride and former Halliburton truck drivers, Edward Sanchez and Sean Larvenz.

MON., C-SPAN3, 2PM ET

http://www.cspan.org/watch/index.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS&ShowVidDays=30&ShowVidDesc=&ArchiveDays=30




Democratic leaders to kick off film, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers"

**MONDAY**

Leaders to Call for Oversight of Iraq War Profiteering; New Film Exposes Catastrophic Consequences of Privatizing War

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72579


Democratic leaders will join award-winning film director Robert Greenwald and Campaign for America's Future co-director Robert Borosage on Monday to call for oversight of the corrupt system of outsourcing critical military duties to war profiteers at the expense of soldier and civilian lives in Iraq.

The Campaign for America's Future will also release a new report on war profiteering and will host the capital premiere of Greenwald's new movie, "Iraq For Sale," on Monday. The report and the movie call on lawmakers to hold corporations accountable for rampant misconduct and incompetence while carrying out billion dollar contracts from the federal government. The report details the voting records of legislators on efforts to investigate corporate abuse and the film will be shown at thousands of house parties across the nation in October.


"IRAQ FOR SALE" EVENTS -- MONDAY, SEPT. 18, 2006

11 a.m. -- Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., holds a news conference with filmmaker Robert Greenwald and former KBR-Halliburton employees to call for greater congressional oversight of spending in Iraq and to preview the film, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." Dirksen Senate Office Building Room SD-124

PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., Domestic Policy Cmte. Chair; Robert Greenwald, award-winning director and producer; former KBR-Halliburton employees

2 p.m. -- Democratic leaders hold oversight hearing on contracting abuses in Iraq and receive testimony from whistleblowers with firsthand knowledge. Dirksen Senate Office Building Room SD-538

PARTICIPANTS: Sen. Byron Dorgan, D-N.D., Domestic Policy Cmte, Chair; Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., Senate Democratic Leader; Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt.; Sen. Jeff Bingaman, D-N.M.; Sen. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.; Julie McBride, former Halliburton employee, Camp Fallujah, Iraq; Edward Sanchez, former Halliburton truck driver in Iraq; Sean Larvenz, former Halliburton truck driver in Iraq; Scott Allen, attorney of survivors of 2004 convoy attack; Alan Grayson, attorney of Ms. McBride, seeking to recover misspent Halliburton funds

7:15 p.m. -- Campaign for America's Future holds the capital premiere of Robert Greenwald's new film, "Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers." Woolly Mammoth Theatre, 641 D St., N.W., Washington, D.C.

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=72579

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1. I couldn't have made a mistake in thinking folks cared about this stuff

any moment now . . . should run a couple of hours.


http://www.cspan.org/watch/cs_cspan3_rm.asp?Cat=TV&Code=CS3

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2. on NOW

now

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3. I do, bigtree. Durbin and Reid are talking about the

wastefulness going on now on CSPAN 1, and that's easier for me to see. They're double teaming the Senate!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2833752&mesg_id=2833752

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4. KBR whistleblower up

She's gonna make my head explode with all these outrages she's testifying to

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5. I don't get c-span3, can't watch on line....

...but I can k&r the thread!


:kick:

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8. convoys ordered to proceed despite clear reports of risk of violence

attacks occurred in all cases. Deaths.

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9. watching video testimony from drivers about road safety status

says the condition of the road was that NO vehicles were safe to pass, threat status too high, yet they were sent out anyway by Halliburton.

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6. And why couldn't at least part of this been televised today?

They had space-fillers all morning long. CSPAN spent lots of time on a tribute to Ann Richards, but I'm sure she would have understood if her memorial was aired at a later day and replaced by something so important.

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7. T Scott Allen testifying

contract says safety wouldn't be compromised. Says from day one he was put in harm's way, told to drive military trucks, unarmored, instead of company trucks . . .

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10. Sen. Leahy up now

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11. Senate Democratic Policy Cmte. on Contract Abuses in Iraq

Senate Democratic Policy Cmte. on Contract Abuses in Iraq (9/18/2006)

is now on C-Span's homepage for viewing:

http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp