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Friday, December 12, 2003

Halliburton Drinking Tax Dollars, Bush Grins & Nods

"A Pentagon audit has found Vice President Dick Cheney's former company may have overcharged the Army by $1.09 per gallon for nearly 57 million gallons of gasoline delivered to citizens in Iraq, senior defense officials say." More from The NY Times.

In related news, Bush defended his policy of awarding reconstruction contracts strictly to American and British companies, whereas even the most ardent neocon thinkers completely disagree with the approach.