This article describes the positions of world governments before the actual initiation of the 2003 invasion of Iraq,and not their current positions as they may have changed since then.
DynCorp International Inc.,was an American private military contractor. Started as an aviation company,the company also provided flight operations support,training and mentoring,international development,intelligence training and support,contingency operations,security,and operations and maintenance of land vehicles. DynCorp received more than 96% of its more than $3 billion in annual revenue from the U.S. federal government. The corporate headquarters were in an unincorporated part of Fairfax County near Falls Church,Virginia,while the company's contracts were managed from its office at Alliance Airport in Fort Worth,Texas. DynCorp provided services for the U.S. military in several theaters,including Bolivia,Bosnia,Somalia,Angola,Haiti,Colombia,Kosovo and Kuwait. It also provided much of the security for Afghan president Hamid Karzai's presidential guard and trained much of the police forces of Iraq and Afghanistan. DynCorp was also hired to assist recovery in Louisiana and neighboring areas after Hurricane Katrina. The company held one contract on every round of competition since receiving the first Contract Field Teams contract in 1951.
The Planned Parenthood Federation of America,Inc. (PPFA),or simply Planned Parenthood,is an American nonprofit organization that provides reproductive and sexual healthcare and sexual education in the United States and globally. It is a member of the International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF).
Investment in post-2003 Iraq refers to international efforts to rebuild the infrastructure of Iraq since the Iraq War in 2003. Along with the economic reform of Iraq,international projects have been implemented to repair and upgrade Iraqi water and sewage treatment plants,electricity production,hospitals,schools,housing,and transportation systems. Much of the work has been funded by the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund,and the Coalition Provisional Authority.
In the United States,Office of Inspector General (OIG) is a generic term for the oversight division of a federal or state agency aimed at preventing inefficient or unlawful operations within their parent agency. Such offices are attached to many federal executive departments,independent federal agencies,as well as state and local governments. Each office includes an inspector general and employees charged with identifying,auditing,and investigating fraud,waste,abuse,embezzlement and mismanagement of any kind within the executive department.
In May 2003,following the invasion of Iraq in March of that year,the Central Bank of Iraq-Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) account was created at the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York at the request of the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) Administrator. A part of the fund has been transferred to Baghdad and Iraq,and the DFI-Baghdad account was opened at the Central Bank of Iraq "for cash payment requirements". The fund also eventually received money from seized and "vested" Iraqi bank accounts and funds seized by coalition forces. $650 million of this amount belongs to Uday Saddam Hussein,the older son of the former Iraqi president. The DFI have been disbursed mainly for "the wheat purchase program,the currency exchange program,the electricity and oil infrastructure programs,equipment for Iraqis security forces,and for Iraqi civil service salaries and ministry budget operations".
Camp Casey was the name given to the encampment of anti-war protesters outside the Prairie Chapel Ranch in Crawford,Texas,during US President George W. Bush's five-week summer vacation there in 2005,named after Iraq War casualty US Army Specialist Casey Sheehan.
Elder law is an area of legal practice that specializes on issues that affect the senior population. Some say the purpose of elder law planning is to prepare the elderly person for financial freedom and autonomy through proper financial planning and long-term care options. However,the purpose of elder law is not so narrow. Not everyone needs long-term care and not everyone is financially insecure. The purpose of elder law is to provide holistic legal advice that allows older persons and disabled individuals to preserve and protect their rights and values. Often these values are implemented by others,which is why thoughtful advance planning is necessary.
The Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction (SIGIR) was created as the successor to the Coalition Provisional Authority Office of Inspector General (CPA-IG). SIGIR was an independent government agency created by the Congress to provide oversight of the use of the $52 billion U.S. reconstruction program in Iraq. Stuart W. Bowen Jr. was appointed to the position of CPA-IG on January 20,2004 and served until its closure in October 2013. SIGIR reported directly to Congress,the secretary of state,and the secretary of defense.
The Bring Them Home Now Tour was a rolling anti-war protest against the Iraq War in the United States,beginning in Crawford,Texas,travelling three routes across the country and culminating in a rally in Washington,D.C. in September 2005. The tour was organized by Gold Star Families for Peace,Iraq Veterans Against the War,Military Families Speak Out,and Veterans For Peace. It was inspired by and featured Cindy Sheehan as a speaker at many rallies. The three tour buses were purchased with donated money.
George Lawrence Starke is an American business owner,activist,broadcaster and former professional football player who was an offensive tackle for the Washington Redskins of the National Football League (NFL) from 1973 to 1984.
Morris P. Glushien was an American labor lawyer. He resigned in 1947 from the National Labor Relations Board in protest due to the Taft-Hartley Act and then acted as counsel to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union. In 1957 he argued the landmark free-speech case Staub v. Baxley before the Supreme Court of the United States and won.
Thomas J. Fiscus was a Major General in the United States Air Force who served as Judge Advocate General of the Air Force,the highest-ranking officer in the Judge Advocate General's Corps. In 2004,Fiscus was punished for conduct unbecoming an officer and several other offenses after an investigation found that he engaged in improper relationships with more than a dozen women. Fiscus received a formal reprimand and forfeitures of pay under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice for conduct unbecoming,fraternization,obstruction of justice and violating a lawful general regulation.
In the United States,Medicare fraud is the claiming of Medicare health care reimbursement to which the claimant is not entitled. There are many different types of Medicare fraud,all of which have the same goal:to collect money from the Medicare program illegitimately.
Multisourcing is the concept of working with multiple suppliers who are also competitors. Large-scale buyers,such as the U.S. federal government,may want to feel assured that there is more than one supplier for an item.
George Hemphill is an American art dealer. He is a member of the board of directors of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers. He was curator of photography for the Middendorf Gallery in Washington,D.C. He has edited and published several publications on art and photography,including Man Ray's Paris Portraits:1921-39,William Christenberry:W/P,and Joseph Mills:Inner City.
Scrubs Magazine is a lifestyle magazine and website for nurses,which premiered November 15,2009. The quarterly magazine,which covers a range of lifestyle topics including beauty,money,style,health,and wellness,is audited by Business Publications Audit (BPA) Worldwide. Scrubs magazine has a paid circulation of 371,082 for the period ending December 31,2011. It is distributed to select nursing students,VIP nursing school administrators,key nursing associations,and over 1,500 nursing apparel stores nationwide.
All Smiles Dental Centers (ADSC) was an American chain of dental clinics,with its headquarters in Farmers Branch,Texas in the Dallas-Fort Worth area,The chain operates dental clinics in the Dallas-Fort Worth area and in Greater Houston. The company was the management service organization providing business support services to All Smiles Dental Professionals,P.C. The patients mostly consisted of children in low-income Hispanic communities.
Metro TeenAIDS (MTA) was a nonprofit organization based in Washington,DC,in operation from 1988 to 2015. MTA addressed the severe HIV/AIDS epidemic in the National Capital region by focusing on the needs of children and youth. For more than 25 years,MTA provided a wide variety of HIV prevention services to youth,as well as services for youth affected by HIV/AIDS in the District of Columbia and the surrounding area.
Google Me is a 2007 American documentary film about the act of finding oneself on the search engine,Google,and the implications directed and produced by Jim Killeen. The film's music was composed by Geoff Levin.
