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HOUSE OVERSITE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES BLACKWATER IN WASHINGTON

Chairman of Blackwater USA Erik Prince is sworn in prior to testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on private security contracting in Iraq in Washington on October 2, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)

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