In addition to Blackwater’s Erik Prince, the House oversight committee will hear testimony from top State Department officials — including the Iraq coordinator, David Satterfield — about Blackwater’s contracts with State. Material found by the committee’s Democratic staff suggests that State officials helped create an environment where Blackwater guards could use deadly force with minimum reprisal.
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