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Hillary Clinton: “We have seen the abuses by contractors, but even when they are not headline-grabbing abuses, there has been a steady…”

On the recordJanuary 12, 2009
We have seen the abuses by contractors, but even when they are not headline-grabbing abuses, there has been a steady transfer of authority and resources from government employees, and a chain of accountability to contractors.
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Hillary Clinton
Democratic · New York

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Clinton addresses concerns about contractor accountability in government.

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