HALLIBURTON -- THE "GRAVY TRAIN" KEEPS ROLLING
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Pentagon documents obtained by NBC News support charges the military contractor wasted precious resources "even on routine services" in Iraq, overspending for fancy computers, 5-star hotels , and CD players in employee-driven SUV's. Marie deYoung, a former Army chaplain who audited accounts for a Halliburton subsidiary and had defended the company against "political slurs" in the past, has radically changed her opinion. " It's just a gravy train ," she said, claiming "there was no effort to hold down costs because all costs were passed on directly to taxpayers. [more]
