03/10/2010
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"Lieutenant General Bash, has DOD conducted a comprehensive risk assessment and examined the availability of alternatives to the use of PSCs in high-risk situations?"
"The CWC recommended a series of organizational changes designed to heighten the responsibility for contracting in contingencies."
"The CWC has endorsed this approach, recommending that we 'make consent to U.S. civil jurisdiction a condition of contract award.'"
"I have long been concerned about a truly heartbreaking incident in Iraq where the negligence of one of our foreign contractors killed one of our soldiers."