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Joe Manchin: The Wartime Commission on Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimates that waste and fraud averaged about $12 million…

On the recordMarch 21, 2012
The Wartime Commission on Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan estimates that waste and fraud averaged about $12 million every day for the past 10 years.
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Joe Manchin
Democratic · West Virginia

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Manchin addresses significant financial waste in military contracting.

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