Group Says Iraq Contractors Donated Significantly to Bush's Campaign (washingtonpost.com): "Private contractors that received billions in reconstruction contracts for Iraq and Afghanistan contributed significantly to President Bush's election campaign and stocked their staffs and governing boards with well-connected former federal officials, according to a report released today by a watchdog group.
... Charles Lewis, director of the Center for Public Integrity, told reporters this morning that there is a "stench of political favoritism and cronyism surrounding the contracting process in both Iraq and Afghanistan." "
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