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July 18, 2007

Whitehouse to push for war contracts probe

WASHINGTON -- U.S. Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse will join other freshmen Democratic senators this afternoon in announcing new legislation to create a commission to investigate wartime contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

According to a news release, Whitehouse and the other senators describe it as an independent commission.

The announcement came just before senators voted on an amendment that would begin pulling troops pout of Iraq 120 days after it became law. The amendment, co-sponsored by fellow Rhode Island Democrat Jack Reed, failed to pass at about 11:30 a.m.

Whitehouse spoke on the Senate floor about 7 a.m. today on the troop-reduction amendment.

The news conference on the commission is scheduled for 2 p.m.

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