So here we are off to the races and the preznit tells the country that "results matter." Well I wonder if in the progress of Starving the Beast (a republican favorite) that the already underfunded military would watch
more dollars they could have used for armored hummers burn up:
Bloomberg News
Halliburton Co. has lost $18.6 million of government property in Iraq, about a third of the items it was given to manage, including trucks, computers and office furniture, government auditors claim.
The auditors couldn't account for 6,975 of 20,531 items on the ledgers of Halliburton's KBR unit, according to a report by Stuart Bowen, auditor for the coalition provisional authority inspector general.
Halliburton is providing services to U.S. troops under a contract that has generated $3.2 billion in revenue so far.
"This occurred because KBR did not effectively manage government property," Bowen wrote. "As a result, we projected that KBR could not account for 6,975 property items from an inventory of 20,531 valued at $61.1 million."
Thankfully, at lease The Hon. Henry Waxman (D. CA) is on it. The investigation found that Halliburton's "cost plus" contract has determined new and innovative ways of dealing with minor maintenance issues:
A former "convoy commander" told us that Halliburton removed the spare tires from its brand-new $85,000 trucks. When one of the trucks got a flat tire, Halliburton would abandon or torch the truck.
Can you imagine that? Halliburton's approach to fixing a flat tire is to buy a new truck.
Cheney and Co. need to not only be run out of Washington, they need their heads on sticks. Or at least investigated for the seditious act of war profiteering.
I am going to go throw up now....at least the tast in my mouth will improve.