Tag Archives: Earl Blumenauer

Debt trap: for-profit colleges

One of the best articles I’ve seen recently on for-profit colleges. Please, please, please read this if you or anyone in your family is  thinking about a for-profit school. From the trenches, we continue to pursue our class action against … Continue reading

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Details emerge on KBR’s request for taxpayer bailuout

In today’s Oregonian, Julie Sullivan (aka “the one-woman wrecking crew”) reports here on emerging details of KBR’s request for a taxpayer bailout.  Short version is that as revealed by depositions taken in our Oregon Army National Guard toxic injury case, … Continue reading

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“Does KBR have a secret get-out-of-court-free card?”

That’s the question posed in the title of this Mother Jones write up by reporter Kate Sheppard.  It’s a sharp article that focuses mostly on Rep. Earl Blumenauer’s (D. Or.)  great work asking the hard questions about the relationship between … Continue reading

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Reflections: What is at stake in our Oregon vets’ claims against KBR

Today’s Oregonian includes this thoughtful editorial about what is at stake in our on-going case against KBR for Oregon National Guard Soldiers. I have to agree with the editorial board that what is at issue is more than whether and … Continue reading

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US Army refuses to disclose KBR indemnification agreement to Rep. Blumenauer

Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D. Or.) has done his part to get to the bottom of the sad story of Oregon National Guard soldiers exposed to toxic chemicals at the KBR Qarmat Ali facility. Rep. Blumenauer previously asked the Secretary of … Continue reading

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