U.S. Questions More Halliburton Bills

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=businessNews&storyID=5169985

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Monday it was suspending $159.5 million in meal charges submitted by a unit of Halliburton (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) as it continued to audit bills for feeding soldiers in Iraq and Kuwait.

The Defense Contract Audit Agency (DCAA) said it was suspending the amount after incomplete files and bills were found to have been submitted by subcontractors to Halliburton's Kellogg Brown and Root unit (KBR), the U.S. military's biggest contractor in Iraq.

The government has already suspended $35.8 million in contested charges and auditors said Halliburton had voluntarily deleted $141 million from dining room billings in which costs exceeded the number of meals served.

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A Pentagon spokeswoman said in a statement a "Tiger Team" of investigators and auditors appointed by KBR to look for possible problems calculated excess meal costs amounted to more than 19.4 percent of the actual price charged for meals.

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But military auditors decided on May 12 to suspend the $159.5 million in dining costs after they found that numerous items were missing from KBR's analysis, the spokeswoman said.

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not again, especially with their buddy Cheney in the White House. I bet they're shocked as shit that they've come under such scrutiny.

Do you think Cheney is on the phone right now chewing out his former buddies for unpatriotic war profiteering? :+

US suspends Haliburtons feeding at the trough...
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US suspends Haliburtons feeding at the trough...
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