The Hill article by Klaus Marre

Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) says the Bush administration owes “Congress and the American public some answers” in the case of a 22-year-old man who secured nearly $300 million in federal contracts and allegedly delivered faulty ammunition to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

“Faulty contracting procedures and deficient safeguards are no excuse for putting troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in greater danger,” said Kerry.

The senator, who chairs the Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, is focusing on whether the company of the man was “erroneously labeled as a Small Disadvantaged Business.” This, according to Kerry, helped AEY Inc. secure multiple contracts.

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