Halliburton Accused of Wasting Tax Money

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http://apnews.excite.com/article/20040213/D80MJQ481.html
Halliburton Accused of Wasting Tax Money


Feb 13, 4:09 PM (ET)

By LARRY MARGASAK


WASHINGTON (AP) - Frustrated that they couldn't convince Republicans to conduct hearings on Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, Democrats convened a panel of their own Friday to hear a former Halliburton employee testify that the company wastes taxpayers' money.



"It seems to me that these incidents may well reflect a broad mind-set: one that was born on the day that these contracts were awarded without competition, and that was nurtured through a lack of oversight by this current administration and majority-controlled Congress," Dorgan said.


_Top Halliburton officials frequently told employees that high prices charged by vendors were not a problem because the U.S. government would reimburse the costs and then pay the company an additional fee.



The letter was sent to the Defense Contract Audit Agency, which found in a preliminary audit that Halliburton may have overcharged taxpayers $61 million in delivery of oil to Iraq.

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1. Dems were rockin!

I heard part of this on the way home this eve. There is no way that the Pubbies in the Senate can continue to ignore this scandal. As O understood it, some of the abuses in Kuwait took place on Chaney's watch.

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2. Here in DC

they are running a Halliburton ad that says they are doing a great job and that things will go wrong since its a war zone for Christ's sake.

I guess tax money was used for their commercial.