gets EXACTLY what they deserve!how long was it before our troops got armor for their vehicles? how long was it before they got halfway decent body armor (and i hear it's NOT as decent as another brand, but they're NOT allowed to use the other brand - the army doesn't have a contract with them. can't even use it if they bought it on their OWN.)fraud and waste and worse happens in EVERY administration. i'm not naiive enough to think it doesn't. HOWEVER, this administration is just wrong. everything about it is just wrong. periodwhat will come of this? most likely the same thing that's come of scooter libby, the victims of gulf storms, our uninsured children. NO F***ING THING - NADA - NOTHINGArmy to Probe $3 Billion of Contracts in IraqBy Richard LardnerAssociated Press
The Army will examine as many as 18,000 contracts awarded over the past four years to support U.S. forces in Iraq to determine how many are tainted by waste, fraud and abuse, service officials said yesterday.
Overall, the contracts are worth close to $3 billion and represent every transaction from 2003 to 2007 by a contracting office in Kuwait, which the Army has identified as a significant trouble spot.Among the contracts to be reviewed are awards to former Halliburton subsidiary KBR, which has received billions of dollars since 2001 to be a major provider of food and shelter services to U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.....