One of the more contentious issues roiling relations right now is the dispute over Alan Gross, a State Department contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for distributing satellite equipment under an American program aimed at weakening the Cuban government.
MEXICO CITY — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the United States by an American contractor serving a 15-year sentence in Cuba for distributing communications equipment there under a State Department program, ending an effort to press the Obama administration into a financial payout and a more vigorous push for his release.
An American contractor serving a 15-year jail term in Cuba is suing his former employer and the US government.
Despite his checkered performance, Mr. Park obtained approval from the State Education Department to join the special ed pre-K program by asserting that few contractors served Korean speakers, records show.
In April, officials announced that contractors served by the project — including MWD — would get about 60% of the water they requested.
In the war in Afghanistan, private contractors "served in paramilitary units... maintained combat equipment, provided logistical support, and worked on surveillance and targeting".
About 126,000 people working for contractors serve alongside American troops, including about 30,000 security contractors.
Ecuadorean contractors serve sloppy Joes near refrigerators bulging with Dr Pepper and Gatorade.
The Army has only 408 psychiatrists — military, civilian and contractors — serving about 553,000 active-duty troops around the world.
Governments — including those in Spain, Italy, Greece and some Canadian provinces — have bought the planes, but private contractors serving the Forest Service have not.
