Army, Marines give waivers to more felons (News) 3 discussions The Army and Marine Corps are allowing convicted felons to serve in increasing numbers, newly released Department of Defense statistics show. Tags: U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Reform, Politics, U.S. Department Defense, Armed Forces, Political Policy, U.S. Marine Corps, Pentagon, Military Defense Policy, Army Public Affairs, Iraq, U.S. Marines Activities, U.S. Armed Forces Acti
	Iraq Reconstruction Hearing: Accounting (Video) 1 discussions Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Chairman Henry Waxman of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform question witness on the accounting arrangement that led to $8.8 billion in missing funds. Tags: Oversight Reconstruction Waxman Cummings Accounting Bremer
	Hearing on Allegations of GSA Misconduct: Braley Questions (Video) 1 discussions The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform holds a hearing: "Allegations of Misconduct at the General Services Administration." The hearing inquires about allegations that GSA Administrator Luri.. Tags: Democrats Congress Waxman Oversight GSA Doan Braley
	Hearing on Goodling & US Attorneys: Davis's Questions (Video) 1 discussions The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing: "The Continuing Investigation into the U.S. Attorneys Controversy and Related Matters." Rep. Artur Davis questions Monica Goodling. Tags: Democrats Congress Oversight US Attorneys Gonzales Monica Goodling
	Congressman: Cheney challenges classified oversight (News) 1 discussions Vice President Dick Cheney's office refused to cooperate with an agency that oversees classified documents, then tried to abolish the office when it challenged the actions, House oversight committee C.. Tags: Dick Cheney Information Security Oversight Office Justice Department Computer Security National Security Council Supreme Court White House Bill Clinton George W. Bush California Henry Waxman
	Hearing on US Embassy in Iraq: Mayberry's Opening (Video) 1 discussions The Oversight Committee holds a hearing, "Allegations of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the New U.S. Embassy in Iraq." The hearing examines the performance of the State Department and its contractors in t.. Tags: Democrats Congress Oversight Iraq Embassy Corruption Human Trafficking Waxman Rory Mayberry
	Report: Blackwater 'impeded' probe into contractor deaths (News) 1 discussions Private military contractor Blackwater USA "delayed and impeded" a congressional probe into the 2004 killings of four of its employees in Falluja, Iraq, the House Oversight Committee said Th.. Tags: International Relations, Iraq, War Conflict, Politics, Federal Budget, U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Reform, Terrorism, Iraqi Politics, Blackwater USA, Fallujah, North Carolina, Pentagon, Political Policy, Military Weapons, Diplomacy,
	Huge U.S. Embassy compound delayed (News) 1 discussions The opening of a mammoth, $600 million U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which had been planned for last month, has now been delayed well into next year, U.S. officials said Thursday. Tags: Political Policy, Henry Waxman, U.S. Department State, Iraq, United States, Baghdad, Politics, Diplomacy, U.S. House Committee International Relations, Tom Lantos, Baghdad Green Zone, U.S. Embassy Baghdad, John Negroponte, Tom Casey, Oversight Gov
	TPMtv: Watch the Cookie Crumble (Video) 1 discussions As in the courtroom, there aren't many real Perry Mason moments in congressional investigations. But Henry Waxman had one yesterday when he was trying to get to the bottom of why the State Department'.. Tags: inspector general howard cookie krongard oversight committee hearing iraq blackwater military contractor
	Krongard Recuses Himself from Blackwater Investigations (Video) 1 discussions Investigation into State Department Inspector General Tags: cookie krongard blackwater iraq oversight
	U.S. suspends supplier of arms to Afghanistan (News) 1 discussions U.S. investigators are looking into accusations that a company hired by the U.S. military supplied corroded and decades-old Chinese ammunition to the Afghan Army and police. Tags: China, U.S. Army Activities, Miami, U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Reform, U.S. Army, Afghan National Army, Criminal Investigations, Afghanistan War, Investigations, War Conflict, AEY Inc., United States, Efraim Diveroli, Afghanistan, Flo
	EPA against limiting rocket fuel ingredient in water (News) 1 discussions The Environmental Protection Agency has decided there's no need to rid drinking water of a toxic rocket fuel ingredient that has fouled public water supplies around the country. Tags: Environmental Policy, Benjamin Grumbles, Colorado River, Domestic Policy, U.S. Department Defense, Politics, Paul Yaroschak, Center for Public Environmental Oversight, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lenny Siegel, Barbara Boxer, Mountain View (Cal
	Greenspan Destroys Deregulation in 16 Seconds (Video) 1 discussions Henry Waxman's Congressional Committee questions Alan Greenspan. Greenspan meets greed, shows in one answer why "trusting the markets" is epic fail. Waxman: So where do you think you made a mistake .. Tags: Alan Greenspan Deregulation Henry Waxman Financial Crisis Hearing Oversight Committee Congress
	Lawmaker says AIG executive should resign after resort event (News) 1 discussions A key Democratic lawmaker called Tuesday for the resignation of American International Group's CEO after the troubled insurer held a financial planners conference last week at a posh Arizona resort. Tags: Larry King, Arizona, Edward Liddy, Lincoln Town Car, United States, Political Policy, Nicholas Ashooh, Domestic Policy, AIG Cummings, Phoenix (Arizona), U.S. Department Treasury, Hilton Squaw Peak Hotel, U.S. House Committee Oversight Government Re
	Oversight Subcommittee Questions Kashkari P3 (Video) 1 discussions Oversight Subcommittee Questions Kashkari P3 Tags: bailout kashkari kucinich tarp oversight committee nwo new world order banking cartel economy depression recession