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8:59:17 PM
Yahoo
Halliburton ran out of control, says audit (FT.com). FT.com - A Pentagon audit has found wide-spread deficiencies in the way Halliburton tracks billions of dollars of government contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, leading to "significant" overcharges. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]
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8:49:48 PM
Reuters
Pentagon Auditors Criticize Halliburton Billing. WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon auditors have found "deficiencies" with Halliburton's billing system for billions of dollars of work in Iraq, according to a military audit released by a Democratic lawmaker on Monday. [Reuters: US Domestic News]
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5:47:23 PM
Yahoo
US military interrogators notified superiors of Iraqi abuse: report (AFP). AFP - A small group of US military interrogators wrote reports passed on to superiors describing the abuses at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison months before the abuses became known. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]
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5:46:51 PM
Yahoo
Waxman Raises New Questions on Cheney (washingtonpost.com). washingtonpost.com - As the government prepared for war in Iraq in the fall of 2002, a senior political appointee in the Defense Department chose oil services giant Halliburton Co. to secretly plan how to repair Iraqi oil fields, and then briefed Vice President Cheney's chief of staff and other White House officials about the sole-source contract before it was granted. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]
...In a letter to Cheney yesterday, Waxman said the circumstances "appear to contradict your assertions that you were not informed about the Halliburton contracts..."
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1:54:41 PM
what's in rebecca's pocket? FAIR: Reagan: Media Myth and Reality. [what's in rebecca's pocket?]
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5:01:07 AM
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US diplomats, critical of Bush foreign policy, urge voters to remove him (AFP). AFP - Former US diplomats and military leaders have written a letter strongly condemning President George W. Bush's foreign policy, arguing he has damaged US national security and urging Americans to vote against him, according to newspaper reports. [Yahoo! News - Reader Ratings]
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