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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS GULF GROUP GENERAL ENTERPRISES CO. W.L.L., Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES, Defendant. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

No. 07-82C (Judge Horn)

DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT Pursuant to the Court's order of October 11, 2007, defendant files this status report. On October 2, 2007, the Court granted

the defendant's motion to suspend proceedings pending the outcome of a criminal investigation of plaintiff Gulf Group General Enterprises Co. W.L.L. ("Gulf Group"). Currently, representatives of Gulf Group are scheduled to meet with the prosecutors on January 8, 2008. In addition, Major

Cockerham's criminal trial is currently scheduled to commence on April 21, 2008. As a result, the Government expects that a

decision as to whether to proceed with criminal charges against Gulf Group will not be made until April, 2008. The defendant

requests that these proceedings remain stayed until the criminal investigation is completed. Therefore, the defendant suggests

that it be required to file a further status report on or before April 7, 2008.

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Respectfully submitted, JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ Acting Assistant Attorney General JEANNE E. DAVIDSON Director s/Deborah A. Bynum DEBORAH A. BYNUM Assistant Director s/ Robert C. Bigler ROBERT C. BIGLER Trial Attorney Commercial Litigation Branch Civil Division Department of Justice Attn: Classification Unit, 8th Floor 1100 L Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20530 Tel: (202) 307-0315 Fax: (202) 514-8624 Attorneys for Defendant

December 28, 2007

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 28th day of December, 2007, a copy of the foregoing "DEFENDANT'S STATUS REPORT" was filed electronically. I understand that notice of this filing will be sent to all parties by operation of the Court's electronic filing system. Parties may access this filing through the Court's system.

s/ Robert C. Bigler

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