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I have been contacted by a National US news program that is looking for people who are willing to share their experiences about the electrical conditions in their camps. Electrician experience is always welcome but you don’t have to be [...]

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You watch and you decide.

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I do not understand why the Department of Defense is not getting it!!! Read on….
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Editorial: Electrocutions
The tragedy of preventable death
August 4, 2008
The death of Staff Sgt. Ryan Maseth in Iraq could have been prevented if the Army and a defense contractor had done their jobs.
Maseth, who grew up outside Pittsburgh, was [...]

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There were a whole lot of “I don’t knows” going on yesterday July 30, 2008. The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform conducted a hearing on “Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities In Iraq”. The following people testified before the committee.

U.S. Senator Bob Casey, (D-PA)
Gordon S. Heddell, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of [...]

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This is the most recent AP news article on the Iraq Electrocutions. You read it and you tell me what you think. Here’s what I think…finally…..someone wrote one in favor of poor little ole KBR.
Report appears to clear KBR in soldier’s death
July 29, 2008 6:21 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - An interim Defense Department report has [...]

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With current media coverage on the Iraq Electrocutions and tomorrows hearings of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform entitled “Deficient Electrical Systems at U.S. Facilities in Iraq” they decided to air my segment of “The Story” today.
Before I give you link….I want to say the “The Story” did and awesome job. My [...]

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With the assistant of a very accommodating individual in DC (thanks T) this is what I have learned about the recently passed legislation that prevents companies like KBR from forming offshore shell subsidiaries in an effort to cheat it’s employees and the US Government out of millions and millions of dollars in Social Security and [...]

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In an AP article Senators urge crackdown on overseas tax havens dated July 25, 2008 it discusses the huge financial damage these offshore shell companies such as KBR’s SEII do to the Medicare and Social Security system not to mention how they abuse the employees.
Here is a quote from the article and then I will [...]

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For much more info on the investigation of this issue go to my
“KBR & Senate Hearing” Category
Pentagon: 16 soldiers died from electric shock
WASHINGTON (AP) — Sixteen American troops have died from accidental electrocutions in Iraq, the Defense Department said Friday, more than the military has previously disclosed.
Most of the 11 Army soldiers and five Marines [...]

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Well…. today was a first. I recorded a session for “The Story” an American Public Media daily national program. I had never been in a recording studio before. Didn’t have a clue what to expect or what to do. The technician John, also a licensed electrician, walked me through the process and got me used [...]

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