Rep.seeks oversight of Iraq funds

MONTPELIER — When U.S. Rep. Peter Welch had Blackwater Worldwide CEO Erik Prince on the hot seat before a congressional committee last year, he pushed the businessman to reveal his salary.rnrnPrince, whose company has been accused of fraud and abuse in Iraq, said he didn't know, but quickly added a guess of "more than $1 million." Welch didn't believe him, noting that the company Prince owns had $1 billion in contracts with the federal government.