H.R.4650 - Stop Outsourcing Security Act

To phase out the use of private military contractors. view all titles (2)

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  • Official: To phase out the use of private military contractors. as introduced.
  • Short: Stop Outsourcing Security Act as introduced.

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06/22/10
Notorious Blackwater gets pricey new contract – Rethink ...

I have introduced legislation, the Stop Outsourcing Security Act (H.R. 4650), which would phase out private security contractors.” As we've addressed before, the public needs to make its voice heard loud enough so that the government ...

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05/19/10
All Things Reform: OMB Watch Partners with CREDO Action to Stop ...

Bill S.3023 Stop Outsourcing Security Act-- Official: A bill to phase out the use of private military contractors. as introduced. Bill H.R.4650 Stop Outsourcing Security Act-- Official: To phase out the use of private military ...

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05/02/10
No One Cares by Chris Hedges « Dandelion Salad

We are approaching a decade of war in Afghanistan, and the war in Iraq is in its eighth year. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis and thousands more Afghans and Pakistani civilians have been killed. Millions have been driven into squalid ...

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04/29/10
But he breaks just like a little girl

And on the topic of online Congressional offices, we'll close with Michael Applegate's "Stop Outsourcing Security Act HR 4650" (Iraq Veterans Against the War): Rep Jan Schakowsky and 24 cosponsors are introducing a bill to phase out ...

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04/29/10
THIS JUST IN! WEEPING FOR THE CAMERA!

And on the topic of online Congressional offices, we'll close with Michael Applegate's "Stop Outsourcing Security Act HR 4650" (Iraq Veterans Against the War): Rep Jan Schakowsky and 24 cosponsors are introducing a bill to phase out ...

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04/29/10
But he breaks just like a little girl

And on the topic of online Congressional offices, we'll close with Michael Applegate's "Stop Outsourcing Security Act HR 4650" (Iraq Veterans Against the War): Rep Jan Schakowsky and 24 cosponsors are introducing a bill to phase out ...

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04/28/10
Post-election madness continues

And we'll close with Michael Applegate's "Stop Outsourcing Security Act HR 4650" (Iraq Veterans Against the War): Rep Jan Schakowsky and 24 cosponsors are introducing a bill to phase out private military contractors. ...

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04/25/10
Your View: Letters to the editor (April 26) - Las Cruces Sun-News

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S.B. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. Blackwater is out for profit and itself ...

Source: Opinion
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04/23/10
Nearshore Journal | Where Outsourcing, Tech and Capital Markets ...

House Bill HR 4650 and Senate Bill S 3023 are collectively known as the "Stop Outsourcing Security Act" and are intended to put a stop to this practice that … See all stories on this topic ...

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04/16/10
Military contractors should be illegalized | Federal Way letters ...

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would put paid to these thieving thugs. Blackwater USA, aka Xe Services LLC, aka War Profiteering Scammer, is topnotch as an example of everything ...

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04/15/10
WMICentral - Blackwater is the Poster child for everything wrong

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. Blackwater is the poster child for ...

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04/10/10
LETTER: Security Act important to pass | Aiken Standard | Aiken, SC

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. Tasks often done far better, ...

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04/05/10
Thin Places: The whores of war

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), have introduced bills that would prohibit hiring private mercenaries to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. This is essential to our ...

Source: Thin Places
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04/02/10
Problem with private mercenaries | Letters - Federal Way Mirror

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. We must stop giving contracts to ...

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03/31/10
Congress must retake control of military

Jan Schakowsky in the House (HR 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like XEServices to perform tasks traditionally done by the military without specific congressional authorization ...

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03/29/10
Habib Siddiqui: Blackwater and other mercenaries must be stopped

Jan Schakowsky in the House (H.R. 4650) and Bernie Sanders in the Senate (S. 3023), would prohibit hiring private mercenaries like Blackwater to perform tasks traditionally done by the military. Both the Houses must pass these ...

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03/21/10
The show so far for Monday, March 22, 2010.

HR 4650, the Stop Outsourcing Our Security Act, is so lucky it's stuck in three House committees -- Foreign Affairs, Armed Services, and Intelligence (but, again, this last page doesn't link to members' contact information). ...

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03/10/10
Swords into Plowshares: Support the Stop Outsourcing Security Act

Bernie Sanders (D - VT) introduced the Stop Outsourcing Security Act (HR 4650 and S 3023), a bill aimed at rolling back the use of private military contractors in warfare. Reports indicate that private military contractors in are being ...

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03/08/10
Ex Cathedra » Blog Archive » Stop Outsourcing Security

I am writing to urge you to cosponsor the Stop Outsourcing Security Act (HR 4650) to stop paying contractors for military and security work. Outsourcing hollows out American military capabilities and leaves America unprepared to meet ...

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03/07/10
Thieves in the Temple. - vanishing point.

Meanwhile, H.R. 4650, the Stop Outsourcing Security Act, would require (in Sec. 4's words) that "all personnel at any United States diplomatic or consular mission in Iraq or Afghanistan are provided security services only by United ...

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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03/07/10
OpEdNews - Article: Stop Pentagon Bail-out - Call Congress Now

Call your Representative and ask him/her to co-sponsor H.R.4650 - http://www.opencongress.org/bill/111-h4650/show - : To phase out the use of private military contractors. Sponsor: Janice D. Schakowsky, [IL-9]. 6, 7.

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