Read more KBR stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/22795/kbr.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 18:07:09 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72091/defense-dept-opposed-anti-rape-rule-for-contractors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWhen 30 Republicans voted against an Al Franken amendment prohibiting defense contractors from forcing their employees to agree not to sue if they’re raped, Jon Stewart and liberals everywhere went ballistic. But those 30 Republicans weren’t alone, the Huffington Post reports; the Defense Department opposed the amendment as well. The...http://www.newser.com/story/72091/defense-dept-opposed-anti-rape-rule-for-contractors.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Oct 2009 9:19:11 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/71103/civilian-contractors-are-the-vietnam-vets-of-our-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of Americans have come home from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan who are veterans in all but name, writes T. Christian Miller—and the benefits afforded veterans. The military's unprecedented reliance on civilian contractors has left thousands injured and disabled with no safety net or public gratitude. Whether...http://www.newser.com/story/71103/civilian-contractors-are-the-vietnam-vets-of-our-time.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 07 Oct 2009 7:30:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/69341/us-soldier-held-in-iraq-contractors-shooting-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA US soldier is being held in the shooting death of a civilian contractor in Tikrit, Iraq, reports CNN. Houston-based military contractor KBR said the victim shot to death yesterday at Contingency Operating Base Speicher was an employee.http://www.newser.com/story/69341/us-soldier-held-in-iraq-contractors-shooting-death.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 14 Sep 2009 5:33:44 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHalliburton will shell out $559 million in fines—the largest federal penalty ever paid by a US company for bribery—to the Justice Department and the SEC to settle claims that its former KBR unit greased the palms of Nigerian officials to help get a gas liquefaction facility built, along...http://www.newser.com/story/49070/halliburton-will-pay-559m-in-nigerian-bribery-fines.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 27 Jan 2009 9:24:38 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44343/halliburton-kbr-sued-for-sickening-iraq-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA lawsuit filed against Halliburton and KBR accuses the military contractors of exposing troops and civilian workers on a US base in Iraq to spoiled food, contaminated water, and toxic fumes from a burn pit, the Military Times reports. The lead plaintiff in the suit said he still has nightmares...http://www.newser.com/story/44343/halliburton-kbr-sued-for-sickening-iraq-troops.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Dec 2008 1:51:59 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/44311/foreign-workers-held-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAbout 1,000 foreign workers brought to Iraq with the promise of lucrative jobs have been living for 3 months in Baghdad warehouses under poor sanitary conditions and in possible violation of US military rules, McClatchy reports. A Kuwaiti company that subcontracts with KBR, formerly Haliburton, brought the men from...http://www.newser.com/story/44311/foreign-workers-held-in-iraq.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Dec 2008 19:34:29 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/36566/ex-halliburton-exec-pleads-guilty-to-180m-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA fired Halliburton exec has pleaded guilty to bribing Nigerian government officials, the Wall Street Journal reports. Albert Stanley, CEO of KBR when it was a Halliburton subsidiary, faces up to 7 years in jail and a restitution payment of nearly $11 million. Stanley was appointed by Vice President Dick...http://www.newser.com/story/36566/ex-halliburton-exec-pleads-guilty-to-180m-bribery.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Sep 2008 4:04:23 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBy the end of the year, the US will have spent $100 billion on private defense contractors in Iraq, a congressional report finds, showing more private-sector reliance than any previous wartime. Some 20% of funds spent on the war have gone to contractors, whose numbers are now greater than the...http://www.newser.com/story/34702/us-contractor-bills-in-iraq-to-hit-100b.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 12 Aug 2008 6:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/34292/clinton-nothing-immune-from-bushs-waste-fraud-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Bush White House has wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on corrupt deals and unaccountable contractors, Hillary Clinton writes in the Wall Street Journal . If America is going to regain fiscal stability, it must "increase transparency" and put an end to practices like "rewarding companies that exploit tax shelters" and...http://www.newser.com/story/34292/clinton-nothing-immune-from-bushs-waste-fraud-abuse.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 06 Aug 2008 13:41:06 CDT