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  • Feinstein Resigns; Senator exits MILCON following Metro expose', vet-care scandal

    03/28/2007 8:28:10 PM PDT · by Anti-Bubba182 · 51 replies · 552+ views
    MetroActive ^ | 3-27-07 | Peter Byrne
    SEN. Dianne Feinstein has resigned from the Military Construction Appropriations subcommittee. As previously and extensively reviewed in these pages, Feinstein was chairperson and ranking member of MILCON for six years, during which time she had a conflict of interest due to her husband Richard C. Blum's ownership of two major defense contractors, who were awarded billions of dollars for military construction projects approved by Feinstein. As MILCON leader, Feinstein relished the details of military construction, even micromanaging one project at the level of its sewer design. She regularly took junkets to military bases around the world to inspect construction projects,...