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matthews

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9. I also realized that the big money makers are the KBRs and Halliburtons.

Reply to karynnj (Reply #7)

Wed Jul 24, 2013, 01:12 PM

Jul 2013

And no sitting representative should be allowed to make a dime off of wars that they vote for.

'Blind' trusts are a joke. They know where they've invested their money.

And I notice you didn't say a word about Feinstein and her hubby.

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