nytimes.com — The Army announced during a House oversight committee hearing on Wednesday that it would withhold $19.6 million from the Halliburton Company after recently discovering that the contractor had hired the company Blackwater USA to provide armed security guards in Iraq, a potential breach of its government contract.
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Closed AccountFeb 9, 2007
rlh:>Don't use contractors, I agree with it in principle but the question is>How large of a standing army do you want?That makes no sense. Right now we have contractors who are protected by our guys. Why not just have our guys deliver the goods? Same sized standing army, but with big money savings, something that's an anathema to Republicans.
cedexFeb 9, 2007
@ KrymoreBill Gates is so rich, he has people eat and drink whatever it is that the people from the vending machine had brought.
thorndikeFeb 9, 2007
geez, Halliburton won't even notice this small sum of money missing...
jonforthewinFeb 9, 2007
@H3LLSl337When I think about that, I come to the conclusion our government is funding terrorism by proxy. Because, "things the government can't legally do", that makes you as low as the terrorists as far as I'm concerned.And it's just another way they do it of coarse they do it in other ways too I wouldn't dare be stupid enough to suggest that they don't.