No one will say this too loudly or too prominently, but this retreat is a direct result of people becoming informed about what their leaders are up to on the hush and hustle side of capitalism. It's in the Washington Post:Military Ends Halliburton Deal To Supply Gasoline to Iraq.
The Pentagon said yesterday that it will end an arrangement with Halliburton Corp. to import fuel to Iraq, a contract that had been criticized by government auditors and Democratic members of Congress.
A military unit that already supplies fuel to the armed forces in Iraq will assume control of the import and distribution of gasoline, kerosene and cooking gas into the country and will find new private contractors through competitive bidding, the Defense Energy Support Center announced.
Pentagon officials said that the change had been under discussion for months and that the timing was not related to allegations that KBR, the Halliburton subsidiary that held the contract, had overcharged the government at least $61 million by buying more expensive fuel from Kuwait instead of Turkey.
"They have the expertise," Glenn Flood, a Pentagon spokesman, said of the military's energy group. "At this point, we need that expertise."
Right. If you believe that, I have some ocean front property in Arizona I want to sell you. Instead, why not read the rest of the story in the Washington Post...
