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Halliburton Audits

By Mike Surrusco
Posted on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 01:00:42 PM EST

U.S. to audit Halliburton: According to CNN: "Washington has agreed to commission a special audit of sole-source Pentagon contracts granted to Halliburton Co. and paid for with Iraqi oil money..." The U.N.-created International Advisory and Monitoring Board recently completed an audit of U.S. reconstruction spending during Paul Bremer's last six months in Iraq, and like previous audits, the results aren't pretty. Part of the fallout is this agreement to look into Halliburton's contracts. It may be time for a special committee to review all contract spending, instead of these ad hoc investigations... What do you think?

See this recent fact sheet done by the Minority Office of the House Gov't Reform Committee on latest audit report: click here to view (pdf).


Tags: Eye on Iraq (all tags)


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Halliburton Audits :: 4 Comments

Sanchez

How about something on Ricardo Sanchez saying the Army can't get enough spare parts or get them in a reasonable time. Bush keeps saying he is doing everything he can for the troops but everytime you hear something it is bad and has abviously been swept under the rug until someone leaks it to the press. This war is a disaster for a lot of reasons but mainly because it is killing our military. We have hurt ourselves by sticking our troops over their and now they are stuck and can't even get the supplies they need to fight. Ugh.

by MontyBurns on Tue Oct 19, 2004 at 11:50:37 AM EST


Re: Sanchez

Just FYI for other readers, Sanchez is Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez. He has been the commanding officer in Iraq. MB, in response, I would agree that it is outrageous how U.S. troops cannot get the supplies they need. I would speculate it is one result of the administration's deluded notion that we would not face this kind of ongoing violence after the war.

by Mike Surrusco on Tue Oct 19, 2004 at 12:00:30 PM EST
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pulling the plug on Sinclair

Thank you for writing to Circuit City.

I understand your concern regarding Circuit City's advertisement for
Sinclair Broadcasting.  I apologize for any inconvenience that this
situation may have caused.

Circuit City adheres to strict company guidelines against advertising on
programs with blatant sexual or violent content.  We do not make
advertising decisions based on political content.  We think it is the
responsibility of viewers to decide which programs and stations they
want to watch.

Thanks again for writing to Circuit City.  Your continued patronage is
important to our company.  We hope to have the occasion to serve your
future consumer electronics, home, office and entertainment needs.

Sincerely,

Rajkamal K.
Customer Support Coordinator

by rubens on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 05:18:44 PM EST


Re: pulling the plug on Sinclair

Rubens, Thank you so much for the effort for contacting Circuit City and all the other local Sinclair advertisers in your area. You probably meant to post your response in this thread here. No worries though. Keep up the pressure and thanks so much again for your effort.

by Murshed Zaheed on Wed Oct 20, 2004 at 05:37:06 PM EST
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