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Waxman: Lehman CEO Not Cooperating With Me

By | 09.26.08 | 6:05 pm

As Congress and the President negotiate a gazillion dollar Wall Street bailout, the House oversight committee has launched an investigation into companies that have already failed, inlcuding investment bank Lehman Bros. But Henry Waxman, (D-Calif.) chair of the oversight committee, says that Lehman CEO Richard Fuld has not More…

Cronyism, Cocaine, Oil…and now Congressional Oversight

By | 09.11.08 | 2:10 pm

That was quick.

Yesterday the Interior Dept. inspector general unveiled three lurid reports of sexual misconduct, drug dealing and partying with oil executives at Interior’s Mineral Management Services.

Today the House oversight committee said there will be a hearing next Wednesday to scrutinize MMS and their oil and More…

Is Military Doing Enough for Sexual Assaults?

By | 09.10.08 | 3:53 pm

That was the question being asked at a grim congressional hearing this morning, “Sexual Assaults in the Military: Part II.”

Part I gained some notoriety when Dr. Kaye Whitley, director of the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention and response office, defied a subpoena from the House oversight national security More…