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12.02.2009 12:24 pm

McCaskill: Oversight needed for 75,000 Afghan contractors

Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau
Sen. McCaskill

Sen. McCaskill

WASHINGTON — After praising President Barack Obama for his new war plan, Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., returned Wednesday to her refrain — abuses in government contracting.

During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense…

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06.09.2009 12:55 pm

Bond sets sights on extending St. Louis-made jet fighter

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Sens. Bond (left) and Durbin

Bond

WASHINGTON — With funding for one endangered Boeing plane likely secure at least for now, Sen. Christopher S. “Kit” Bond, R-Mo., is moving on, fighting reductions for an aircraft line that employs thousands in St. Louis.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates‘ 2010…

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