Halliburton Halts More U.S. Billings

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20040216/us_nm/iraq_halliburton_dc&cid=1896&ncid=1480

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. said on Monday it would defer billing for an additional $140 million in meals for U.S. forces in Iraq (news - web sites) and Kuwait until a discrepancy is reconciled between the number of meals ordered and those actually served.

The Houston, Texas-based oil services company said it was holding off billing until an agreement was reached on subcontractor services for meal planning, food purchase and meal preparation for troops.


Halliburton is the biggest contractor for the U.S. military in Iraq with more than $8 billion in deals covering everything from doing laundry, building bases and providing meals to helping rebuild the oil industry.


Its contracts have drawn intense scrutiny from Democrats because of its ties with Vice President Dick Cheney (news - web sites), who ran the company from 1995 until 2000.

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[Taeger]

1. Translation ...

We got caught cheating Uncle Sam again. BIG DICK told us we could do this stuff but snoopy people got in the way.

[RedEarth]

2. The beat goes on......Haliburton cheating the taxpayers

[fearnobush]

3. I thought DICKY was allowed to get away with cost plus

corruption? Halliburton is on the virge of an Enron proportion scandal and melt down. More Whistleblowers are coming forth each week.

[Gman]

4. My guess is they are pulling the ones that are obvious

and letting those that are questionable but can slide through go. In other words, all but the most obvious fraud is going through.