Embassies: Rice Calls for Review of First Kuwaiti’s Work
The State Dept. is reviewing contracts it awarded that involve First Kuwaiti Trading and Contracting, which has a $592-million contract on a new U.S. embassy under way in Baghdad. The company is a subcontractor on three other embassy projects, State Dept. officials say.
“I’ve asked that we review all of our contract possibilities with First Kuwaiti and that review is under way,” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee hearing on Oct. 25.