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A second troublesome contract called on Harding's firm to provide 40 interrogators to work in Iraq for his old office - the Defense Intelligence Agency - where he had served as director of operations from 1996 to 2000. While the contract could have been worth $50 million, the Army ended it...
Political considerations may well have played a role in the derailing of both nominations. When Southers withdrew, the White House issued a statement quoting him saying that his desire to serve "has been obstructed by political ideology." To be sure, the poisonous atmosphere on Capitol Hill has made it necessary...
Harding landed the contract after certifying he was a "service disabled veteran" because he suffered from sleep apnea, which would have given him an edge over other prospective bidders. Cooper notes skeptically that he too suffers from sleep apnea. "But it has never been what I would call disabling," he...
Last Saturday, black humvees suddenly appeared in Clayton, Mich. By Sunday evening, helicopters were hovering over the small village, a 90-minute drive southwest of Detroit. "It was weird, like in a movie," recalls Dale Robinson, 59, a displaced autoworker and one of Clayton's 300 or so inhabitants. During...