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GOP Congressman: Blackwater CEO Is "An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was"

GOP Congressman: Blackwater CEO Is "An American Hero Just Like Ollie North Was"
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Following the September 16 shootout in Baghdad's Nisour Square that left 17 Iraqis dead, private security firm Blackwater USA has come under intense scrutiny and criticism. The Iraqi government wants them out of the country, the FBI is investigating them, and CEO Erik Prince was forced to defend the company before Congress last week.

But not everyone is jumping on the anti-Blackwater bandwagon. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA), for whom Prince once interned, is so supportive of the company that he believes Prince "is on his way to being an American hero just like Ollie North was."

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