"My favorite word, and it's unfortunate how often you hear it, is 'corruption.' Iraqis have that wonderful rolled 'r.' " Elhai was in the process of editing a story about an Iraqi contractor, a frequent victim of government corruption, before heading off to a rehearsal for his a-cappella singing group.
"U.S.A.I.D.'s use of development contractors and frequent embeds with the military have dangerously blurred humanitarian principles by associating such programs with a party to the conflict," the group wrote.
The proposal to hire parochial-school teachers echoes Mr. Giuliani's frequent calls to allow private contractors to run summer school.
Western security contractors were known to frequent the store, sometimes wearing bulletproof vests.
At table he had frequent disputes with Braddock, who, when contractors failed to deliver their supplies, attacked the colonials as supine and dishonest while Washington defended them warmly.
Under the department's instructions, which were issued Tuesday, American embassies are to buy and store enough ciprofloxacin to cover American employees and their families, and locally hired workers, contractors and others who frequent the missions.
Replacements are paid much less than journalists who retire or die, said a 20-year veteran who declined to be identified, adding that temporary hires and short-term contractors were becoming more frequent.
In 2013, disclosures by Edward J. Snowden, the former National Security Agency contractor, showed that Yahoo was a frequent target for nation-state spies.
Government officials have said Lockheed Martin, the nation's largest military contractor, and other military companies face frequent attacks from hackers seeking national security data.
Late in that month Tuthill had to write that "contractors are beginning to make very frequent calls here".
