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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: jamusta on March 12, 2004, 10:39:33 AM

Title: It was bound to happen......
Post by: jamusta on March 12, 2004, 10:39:33 AM

Who didnt think this would happen???? They didnt have to make it so obvious tho.....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Pentagon auditors found a Halliburton Co. subsidiary gave faulty cost estimates on a $2.7 billion contract to serve American troops in Iraq and Kuwait, and company officials acknowledged making mistakes, Defense Department documents show.


http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/12/halliburton.iraq.ap/index.html

Title: It was bound to happen......
Post by: ra on March 12, 2004, 10:41:32 AM

Since when are faulty cost estimates a big deal in Washington?

Title: It was bound to happen......
Post by: Frogm4n on March 12, 2004, 10:44:19 AM

this time it was due to a no bid contract.

Title: It was bound to happen......
Post by: Mini D on March 12, 2004, 10:52:13 AM

Hehehe... it's funny watching things like this make the news.  Anyone that deals with contractors at all knows exactly what I'm talking about.

MiniD

Title: It was bound to happen......
Post by: jamusta on March 12, 2004, 10:56:00 AM

They had to make a profit from the kick backs they paid to get the contract. I wonder how much Cheney made off the deal.