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AP Exclusive: Possible government bid rigging probed

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Deputy USAID administrator Donald Steinberg tours the Danang Airport in Vietnam.

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The Justice Department is conducting an investigation into possible contract rigging by the general counsel at the government agency that distributes foreign aid, documents obtained by The Associated Press show. Memos from the inspector general of the U.S. Agency for International Development also reveal that there was evidence that Deputy Administrator Donald Steinberg tried to interfere with an internal investigation.