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07-06-2005, 11:25 AM
Pentagon releases Halliburton documents
http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/070605/pentagon.html
Roxana Tiron
July 7, 2005
In the wake of a subpoena threat, the Pentagon has started turning over to Congress documents related to Halliburton Corp.’s disputed billing under a $2.5 billion contract for Iraqi oil-site repairs and fuel imports.
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, intended to subpoena the Defense Department if the administration did not provide the long-requested documents.
Halliburton received the contract in 2003 without competition. The company is a major recipient of Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) money. DFI is the successor of the United Nations Oil-for-Food program.
The Pentagon has submitted documents related to the contract without a subpoena, a subcommittee aide said, and more documents are on the way. Subcommittee members objected to heavily redacted internal Defense Department audits provided to a U.N. board charged with monitoring the DFI program.
The audits found more than $200 million in questioned charges that Halliburton had passed to the government.
Pentagon officials said that the documents were redacted to protect the company’s proprietary information.
http://thehill.com/thehill/export/TheHill/News/Frontpage/070605/pentagon.html
Roxana Tiron
July 7, 2005
In the wake of a subpoena threat, the Pentagon has started turning over to Congress documents related to Halliburton Corp.’s disputed billing under a $2.5 billion contract for Iraqi oil-site repairs and fuel imports.
Rep. Christopher Shays (R-Conn.), chairman of the House Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Emerging Threats and International Relations, intended to subpoena the Defense Department if the administration did not provide the long-requested documents.
Halliburton received the contract in 2003 without competition. The company is a major recipient of Development Fund for Iraq (DFI) money. DFI is the successor of the United Nations Oil-for-Food program.
The Pentagon has submitted documents related to the contract without a subpoena, a subcommittee aide said, and more documents are on the way. Subcommittee members objected to heavily redacted internal Defense Department audits provided to a U.N. board charged with monitoring the DFI program.
The audits found more than $200 million in questioned charges that Halliburton had passed to the government.
Pentagon officials said that the documents were redacted to protect the company’s proprietary information.