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The Canadian-based company principally responsible for building the busted Obamacare website also bags $50 million a year managing the technology governing payments for over 25% of America's Section 8 low-income apartments and houses. According to a Newsweek investigation, CGI Federal, which stands for Conseiller en Gestion et Informatique, has a stock market value of $11.6 billion. "American taxpayers are among the main drivers of earnings at CGI," states the Newsweek report. CGI Federal Senior Vice President Toni Townes-Whitley was a Princeton University classmate of First Lady Michelle Obama and donated to President Barack Obama's reelection campaign and the Obama Victory...

CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq (Feb. 3, 2006) -- Being able to communicate with the local populous is an important part of every mission the Marines of 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment conduct in their area of operations. In order to do this, the unit works with local Iraqi interpreters. Sergeant Dustin L. Barrow, an Ironton, Ohio, native, is the enlisted interpreter liaison for the battalion. He ensures the translators are satisfied with what they have, while also ensuring they are doing their jobs to support the operations the companies carry out. “This is the first time I have dealt with interpreters...

CAMP FALLUJA, Iraq (Feb. 3, 2006) -- The Marines in 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marine Regiment bring in suspected insurgents as detainees from their area of operation in order to keep local Iraqi citizens safe. Having one location for all of the detainees to be processed helps expedite the process. Sergeant William B. Iversen, the noncommissioned officer in charge of the battalion’s detainee facility, is instrumental in making sure these detainees end up where they are supposed to; prison. “I am here so that the companies only have to drop off a few Marines with a detainee and head right back...