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'Obama Phone' Program Rife with Fraud, Says GAO

By Giuseppe Macri InsideSources.com Lifeline — a federal program to subsidize telephone and internet service for poor Americans often dubbed the “Obama phone” program — is highly susceptible to fraud, abuse, and negligence, the director of a federal watchdog agency told Congress Wednesday. Safeguards designed to vet enrollees’ eligibility for...

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