Did Fox News report on the 363 tons of unaccounted for cash that Paul Bremer flew to Iraq in 2003?

Question

4 billion, that's billion with a "B"

Answer 1

Don't expect Fox Noise Channel to do professional and balance reporting. Fox Nothing Channel is on the air to provide neocon propaganda to manipulate America. Many of Iraq's problems can be attributed to a lack of leadership on Paul Bremer who did away with the Iraqi Army when they were willing to fight for pennies. Bremer unwisely disagreed. Bremer's corruption is just a tip of the iceberg. Billions of taxpayers money have been lost due to fraud, waste and abuse by defense contractors and these companies have close ties with the DoD and White House. I'm just delighted to see the Democrats in the House provide oversight for the endless corruption in Iraq...something the partisan GOP 109th Congress was reluctant to do because they wanted to protect the Bush Circus. Oversight is one of the many reasons why I voted for the Democrats last year to balance the power in Washington.

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In 2002, the National Security Agency (NSA) hired Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) "to help it build a state-of-the-art tool for plucking key threats to the nation from a worldwide sea of digital communication," in a project code-named "Trailblazer." More than three years later, the project has yet to get off the ground, but has cost taxpayers $1.2 billion. This isn't the first time SAIC has been paid high dollars by the federal government for unfinished business. SAIC received seven no-bid contracts for Iraq, including an $82 million no-bid contract to run the country's first post-Saddam TV network, even though the company had no broadcast experience. A surprise government visit found that while the work had not happened, SAIC had been paid anyway. Lucky for SAIC, it has friends in high places. Adm. William Owens, for example, went from SAIC president and CEO to a Secretary Rumsfeld's Defense Policy Board. Christopher Henry, former senior vice president at SAIC, became a key aide to Douglas Feith, who supervised contract work done by SAIC in Iraq.

: In a new report to be unveiled today, Stuart Bowen, the U.S. special inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction, details how "millions of dollars in US rebuilding funds have been wasted in Iraq" and "casts doubt on Iraq's ability to maintain the reconstruction projects that have been completed." Among the wide-ranging findings, "the audit says that corruption continues to plague Iraq and infrastructure security remains vulnerable." Bowen's findings show "major flaws" with how facilities have been built that all have "common roots: The government's failure to monitor how contractors were spending taxpayer money." Specifically, the report details how the State Department "paid $43.8 million to contractor DynCorp International for the residential camp for police training personnel...that has stood empty for months. About $4.2 million of the money was improperly spent on 20 VIP trailers and an Olympic-size pool." U.S. officials spent another $36.4 million on weapons and body armor that "can't be accounted for." "Too often, the administration has failed to learn from its mistakes in Iraq, wasting billions in taxpayer dollars," Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) said recently. "We should not make the same mistake ourselves."

: "Without a public debate or formal policy decision, contractors have become a virtual fourth branch of government," the New York Times reports today. "On the rise for decades, spending on federal contracts has soared during the Bush administration, to about $400 billion last year from $207 billion in 2000, fueled by the war in Iraq, domestic security and Hurricane Katrina, but also by a philosophy that encourages outsourcing almost everything government does." Competition for contracts has "sharply eroded" since 2001, and "the number of government workers overseeing contracts has remained level as spending has shot up," leading to stark examples of mismanagement. The Washington Post revealed last month that Lurita Alexis Doan, the chief of the U.S. General Services Administration, "attempted to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and operated by a longtime friend, sidestepping federal laws and regulations." The latest report by Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, detailed "government's failure to monitor how contractors were spending taxpayer money." Tomorrow, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) will begin hearings focused on contracts in Iraq and at the Department of Homeland Security. Waxman introduced the "Clean Contracting Act" last year with the goals of promoting competition, increasing oversight, and deterring corruption.

The Washington Post revealed last month that Lurita Alexis Doan, the chief of the U.S. General Services Administration, "attempted to give a no-bid contract to a company founded and operated by a longtime friend, sidestepping federal laws and regulations." The latest report by Stuart Bowen, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, detailed "government's failure to monitor how contractors were spending taxpayer money." Tomorrow, House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) will begin hearings focused on contracts in Iraq and at the Department of Homeland Security. Waxman introduced the "Clean Contracting Act" last year with the goals of promoting competition, increasing oversight, and deterring corruption.

"After years of stockpiling findings and allegations," House oversight chairman Henry Waxman (D-CA) will "unleash four days of hearings this week aimed at exposing an array of ‘waste, fraud and abuse' in government." The first hearing will feature former Ambassador L. Paul Bremer, who says he will present a "5,000- to 6,000-word treatise" explaining corruption during his tenure.

"After 10 years and $1.7 billion, this is what the Marines Corps got for its investment in a new amphibious vehicle: A craft that breaks down about an average of once every 4 1/2 hours, leaks and sometimes veers off course," the Washington Post reports, "And for that, the contractor, General Dynamics of Falls Church, received $80 million in bonuses."

Answer 2

I will vote for the person who promises to investigate 9/11 and the steps leading up to the Iraq invasion.

Answer 3

They would never report that, because it shows things that are really happening. They only report news that is helpful to the president, but everyone knows that.

Answer 4

wow! vast outflow of USD money outdoors US, no ask your self the dollar shop lowering against the Euro and different worldwide's currencies! Are we gonna pay double for jap automobiles next? thank you much, George!

Answer 5

are u kidding they will never do -----they do not work for America they report for Israel only

Answer 6

someone NEED TO PUT BREEMERS BALLS in a vice
like any banker robber gets

Answer 7

FOX FRAUD do not do reporting-------they fabricate and u decide