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31.12.03, 21:46
USA PREZYDENTCY ZLODZIEJE:
Halliburton Loses Iraqi Oil Contract
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7:01 am PST, 31 December 2003
Weeks after a Pentagon audit found energy company Halliburton may have
overcharged taxpayers to import oil into Iraq, the Defense Department
announced it would take away oversight of the program from the Army Corps of
Engineers.
Instead, the Defense Energy Support Center, which buys fuel for the military
throughout the world, will supervise the shipments and choose new contractors
to replace Halliburton.
Vice President Dick Cheney was a Halliburton executive before becoming
President Bush's running mate in the 2000 election.
"We're taking over the mission," the center's spokeswoman, Lynette Ebberts,
said Tuesday.
Democrats had complained about Halliburton's overcharges, and earlier this
month, Defense Department auditors agreed.
The auditing team found the company may have charged up to $61 million too
much for delivering gasoline to Iraqi citizens.
