Senate Democratic Policy Committee Hearing
Friday, September 21, 2007
10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
226 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Abuses in Private Security and Reconstruction Contracting in Iraq: Ensuring Accountability, Protecting Whistleblowers
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Opening Statements
Senator Byron L. Dorgan
Chairman, Democratic Policy Committee
Senator Harry Reid
Senate Majority Leader
Senator Jeff Bingaman
Senator Robert Casey
Senator Claire McCaskill
Senator Barack Obama
Senator Jon Tester
Senator Jim Webb
Witnesses
Panel 1
Kathryn Helvenston-Wettengel
Mother of Former Blackwater USA Employee
Jeremy Scahill
Investigative Reporter
Nick Bicanic
Documentary Filmmaker
Donald Vance
Former Private Security Contractor
Panel 2
Bunnatine Greenhouse
Former Top-Ranking Civilian Contracting Officer
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Robert Isakson
Former Coalition Provisional Authority Contractor
Stephen Kohn
Executive Director
National Whistleblower Center
Alan Grayson
Attorney
Grayson & Kubli
Additional Materials
Witness Biographies
Webb-McCaskill Commission on War Contracting
Amendment No. 2999 to H.R. 1585
S. 674, Transparency and Accountability in Military and Security Contracting Act of 2007
Section-by-Section
