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Yahoo! My Yahoo! Mail Yahoo! Search Search: Sign InNew User? Sign Up News Home - Help Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Secondary Navigation Africa Europe Latin America Middle East North America Search Search: Congresswoman wants answers on KBR contract By KIMBERLY HEFLING,Associated Press Writer AP - Saturday, April 11 WASHINGTON - A New Hampshire congresswoman said the Pentagon has failed to justify giving a new, $35 million contract to a company whose electrical work on U.S. facilities in Iraq has been criticized as shoddy and unsafe. ADVERTISEMENT At least three service members were electrocuted while showering at U.S. facilities in Iraq. Others have been injured or killed in electrical incidents. Houston-based contractor KBR Inc., which maintains nearly all U.S. facilities in Iraq, has said it was not responsible for any of the deaths, and that safety is its top priority. In a letter sent last month, Army Secretary Pete Geren told Rep. Carol Shea-Porter that KBR got the new contract because the Army Corps of Engineers felt KBR had performed well on other jobs. Geren also said KBR was the only contractor to submit a proposal, and was not on a government list of debarred companies. "The office that is overseeing this work has the expertise required to monitor both the design and construction aspects of the project," Geren said in the letter, a copy of which was shared with The Associated Press. "What do you have to do to get on that list? Why weren't they suspended?" Shea-Porter, a Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee, said in an interview this week. She is seeking more information on the contract decision. "The issue here is we can't change what's happened," she said, "but we certainly have an obligation to these men and women who have suffered and their families to fix them and to make sure we don't hand another contract out to anyone or any company who had a hand in this." Inspections of some of the thousands of Iraq facilities that KBR maintains have turned up major electrical problems at more than a third of the sites. The AP reported Feb. 6 that KBR was given an Army Corps of Engineers contract to build a convoy support center in southern Iraq that includes a power plant and electrical distribution center. Shortly before the contract was awarded, a senior Pentagon official had rejected the company's explanation of electrical mistakes in Iraq and said some defense officials had lost confidence in KBR's ability to do electrical work. On Feb. 13, KBR was notified by the military that it had accepted KBR's plan to fix the electrical problems, according to a copy of the letter obtained by the AP using a Freedom of Information Act request. The military is in the process of inspecting every facility in Iraq and making repairs to electrical problems. Email Story IM Story Printable View Blog This Recommend this article 0 users recommend Sign in to recommend this article » Most Recommended Stories » Related Articles: World Thousands protest in Georgia for 3rd dayAP - 52 minutes ago UK police get more time to quiz Qaeda suspectsAFP - 58 minutes ago Thai protesters force Asia summit cancellationReuters - 1 hour 4 minutes ago Iraqi PM welcomes Russian businessAP - 1 hour 6 minutes ago Riot and fire take place at British prisonAP - 1 hour 10 minutes ago Most Popular – World Viewed UN sounds warning after Antarctica ice shelf rips French commandos storm yacht Harry Potter actor arrested over cannabis find US navy bears down on Somali pirates Selective abortion causes 32mln excess China males View Complete List » Search: Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Top Stories Most Popular Copyright © 2009 Yahoo! Southeast Asia Pte Ltd. (Co. Reg. No. 199700735D). All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of Service - Community - Intellectual Property Rights Policy - Help

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