are you ready for THIS?

i sure wasn't. one would think they were reading 'america's finest news source', the onion INSTEAD of the the new york times

House to investigate defense contract to firm that shipped Chinese-made ammo to Afghanistan
Nick Juliano
A lengthy investigation published Thursday reveals that the Pentagon gave an inexperienced 22-year-old a $300 million contract to provide ammunition to Afghanistan. The shady deal resulted in decades old, substandard munitions being delivered to US and Afghan troops fighting on the front lines of the war on terror.
Following publication of a lengthy New York Times article, the House Oversight Committee announced it would investigate AEY Inc., a fledgling company that thrived after 2003 as the US government began handing out billions of dollars to private defense contractors. Chairman Henry Waxman invited company officials as well as representatives of the State and Defense departments to testify at a hearing next month, according to a news release.........

and the nytimes article:
House Panel to Examine Afghan Arms Contract
WASHINGTON — The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will investigate the award of a federal contract for nearly $300 million to provide ammunition for Afghanistan army and police units, the panel’s chairman said Thursday.
The chairman, Representative Henry A. Waxman, Democrat of California, said the committee would hold a hearing on April 17 to scrutinize the contract awarded to AEY Inc., a company that The New York Times reported had supplied ammunition that was often obsolete or defective.
“The hearing will examine the company’s financial history, past performance, and compliance with U.S. law and government contracting regulations as well as the federal government’s efforts to investigate allegations that AEY may have violated U.S. law and government contracting regulations,” the committee said in a statement.
Efraim E. Diveroli, the 22-year-old president of the Miami-based AEY, will be invited to appear, as will senior Defense Department officials, the committee said...........