U.S. Army Not Paying Halliburton $19.6 Million

    The U.S. Army says that it is withholding $19.6 million from Halliburton over a breach of contract.

   It looks like Halliburton hired Blackwater USA to provide armed security guards in Iraq. That is a big no-no.

The Army has said that its contracts with Halliburton, generally bar the company and its subcontractors from using private armed guards. Halliburton has a different point of view, of course.

   This was announced at a hearing of the House Government Oversight Committee on Wednesday.

    Maybe that is a little cash that at least one of Bush's war profiteering corporations won't get its hands on for a change.

 

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