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It is the office of information technology. This was happening under the supervision of the Obama apointee. It doesn't mean there was any wrongdoing on the part of Kundra. But it certainly does mean that he was asleep at the switch.

This parade of inept, careless and/or ethically questionable apointees is becoming a bad joke.
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Acar is an information security officer who was also, according to online requests for proposals, responsible for contracting. Bansal is listed on the city's procurement website as the CEO of the Advanced Integrated Technologies Corporation, which was awarded two technology contracts last year worth a total of $350,000.
If I remember right, last year was Bush´s watch.

Now if I were a Dem partisan I´d probably post that the Cons must have known about it but left it as trap for Obama.

This would be just as stupid as some posts here, pointing at the feller who is reportedly NOT A TARGET.
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The culture of corruption is astronomically much worse with the Democrat party.
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The contracts were awarded LAST YEAR !!

Now when did the Dems get in ?
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Great. So he let corruption go on beneath him and he was unaware of it and that makes him a good candidate for the Obama administration.... how?
If you´re implying, he knew about it prove it please.

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The contracts were awarded LAST YEAR !!

Now when did the Dems get in ?
Not that I believe Kundra had anything to do with this, but wasn't the contract awarded by the City of DC? That would be Dem control. Nothing at all to do with Bush.
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If you´re implying, he knew about it prove it please.

Any link welcome.
I'm implying him not knowing about it is a problem. Clearly there's a leadership problem.
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I agree that this cannot be thrown at the feet of Obama alone. He is just one man.

That is why I emphasize the importance of his administration and the team that surrounds him. They are paid very good money to address these issues.

Some of them were very shrewd and effective campaigners. And some of them are still campaigning by promoting the silly, childish feuds with Rush Limbaugh and Rick Santelli.

They have to stop the nonsense and do the hard, boring grunt work involved in governing.

I really think it comes down to this: Obama needs a new team. They are not up to the job.
I honestly don't follow American domestic politics all that closely, so I'm pretty unaware of the "parade" as you put it. Perhaps many of the appointees are not good choices, perhaps they are. The kneejerk reaction against Kundra makes me wonder about the ability of people to view these situations somewhat fairly though.
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I'm implying him not knowing about it is a problem. Clearly there's a leadership problem.
How do you know it was Kundra's job to investigate corruption? It seems to me that he would have delegated that kind of job to someone else; why are you not giving some blame to that guy or girl?
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THE BUCK STOPS HERE!!! no?
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I honestly don't follow American domestic politics all that closely, so I'm pretty unaware of the "parade" as you put it. Perhaps many of the appointees are not good choices, perhaps they are. The kneejerk reaction against Kundra makes me wonder about the ability of people to view these situations somewhat fairly though.
So you admit you don't know what you're talking about, then pass judgement anyway...

Right.
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So you admit you don't know what you're talking about, then pass judgement anyway...

Right.
What did I pass judgment on? Also, where did I claim to know much about Obama appointees?
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I honestly don't follow American domestic politics all that closely, so I'm pretty unaware of the "parade" as you put it. Perhaps many of the appointees are not good choices, perhaps they are. The kneejerk reaction against Kundra makes me wonder about the ability of people to view these situations somewhat fairly though.
You said you DIDN'T know... then passed judgment. Get it now?
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You said you DIDN'T know... then passed judgment. Get it now?
No. You're going to have to explain more clearly where I contradicted myself, because I didn't.
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No. You're going to have to explain more clearly where I contradicted myself, because I didn't.
You don't know the context of the constant failure of appointees, admitedly, right? So, you're unaware of what's been going on...

Yet, you characterize the reaction as "kneejerk." That's judgmental. If you don't know the context, how can you be disparaging of the reaction?
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You don't know the context of the constant failure of appointees, admitedly, right? So, you're unaware of what's been going on...

Yet, you characterize the reaction as "kneejerk." That's judgmental. If you don't know the context, how can you be disparaging of the reaction?
Why would I need to know the context of a "constant failure of appointees" to comment on the reaction displayed in this thread to the specific situation in the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer?
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Why would I need to know the context of a "constant failure of appointees" to comment on the reaction displayed in this thread to the specific situation in the DC Office of the Chief Technology Officer?
I find it helps to know what you're talking about before commenting on it.
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