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From: John Sladek	4/12/2005 7:31:02 AM
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Auditors Questioned $212.3 Million in Charges From KBR Critic of Halliburton Contracts Releases Report, Urges Hearings By Charles R. Babcock Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, April 12, 2005; Page E02 Pentagon auditors have questioned $212.3 million -- about 13 percent -- of $1.69 billion that a Halliburton Co. subsidiary charged the government over the past few years, mostly for importing fuel to Iraq under a no-bid contract. Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.)... released summaries yesterday of five audit reports that the Defense Contract Audit Agency did of work performed by Kellogg Brown & Root in 2003 and 2004. Four of the five reports covered contracts to provide fuel. In one case, the auditors challenged 47 percent of the $28.7 million in spending. In one update of an audit report that Waxman released earlier, the DCAA reduced the questioned costs from $108 million to $86.1 million out of a work order now valued at $887.3 million. ... auditors criticized KBR for not negotiating new prices with a vendor in Kuwait after the initial rush when the war started. They also questioned why KBR agreed to pay subcontractors in Turkey more than the negotiated price for fuel after prices in the market rose suddenly ... Full Story: washingtonpost.com

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