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Expedience is the enemy of integrity.
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Not in the case of the early no-bid contracts which supported the early operations of the wars.
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If I recall, one of the first Halliburton no-bid contracts, to import gas from Kuwait to support the early operation of the war, was found by the Defense Contracting Auditing Agency to have overcharged by $millions.
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KB&R employees leaving sandwiches with mayo on them out overnight, then serving them to soldiers, etc. Yeah. That really helped the war effort.
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Not in my experience. Haliburton and KBR have positioned themselves to service many aspects of military deployments in peace and war. They were standing at the door when the wars began and they did a damm good job of doing what they do best, supplying the needs and infrastructure for the deploying troops. There were no other companies to compete with them because they did not exist.
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Meh. Appeal to ridicule. You have nothing to say. At least nothing worth listening to.
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In December 2003, a DCAA draft audit reported that Halliburton overcharged the Defense Department by $61 million to import gasoline into Iraq from Kuwait through September 30, 2003.Hmmmm....Merc's "experience" or federal audits of Halliburton contracts in the first 18 months of US occupation. You decide. |
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I didn't say there weren't problems, I said they did a great job of providing the services they set themselves up to do at the out set of the wars. Abuses occurred as the time ticked away. And the system was set up to allow them to happen.
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...I further direct the Director of OMB, in collaboration with the aforementioned officials and councils, and with input from the public, to develop and issue by September 30, 2009, Government-wide guidance to:I dont expect it to fix the systemic problems but its a start and I dont recall such proposed contracting reform by the previous administration Last edited by Redux; 03-22-2009 at 05:55 PM. |
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