Pentagon Auditor Urges Army to Withhold Some Payments to ...
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Adding a new voice to a politically delicate debate, the Pentagon&#39;s special auditor for Iraq reconstruction has recommended that the military hold back a share of reimbursements to the Halliburton
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The Defense Department is seeking an additional $42.3 billion to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bringing the total request for 2008 to nearly $190 billion, according to prepared testimony Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is to present to Congress this afternoon.
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US Defence Secretary Robert Gates warns the Pentagon could running out of money for Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates sought to defuse a row between a top Pentagon aide and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday over her request for details of plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq.
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WASHINGTON - The Pentagon is under increasing fire for its handling of the prison abuse investigation, as some retired military officers call for an independent commission to get to the bottom of the four-month-old scandal.    Their appeal came a day before Thursday's hearings by the Senate and House armed services panels, which were reviewing the two latest reports ordered by the Defense Department...
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The Army should withhold nearly $90 million in payments to Halliburton because the politically connected firm can&#39;t justify what it charged America&#39;s temporary government in
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The U.S. government is at risk of squandering significantly more money in an Iraq war and reconstruction effort that has already wasted or otherwise overcharged taxpayers billions of dollars, federal investigators said Thursday.
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Six months ago, John Elliott, a sailor based at Norfolk Naval Station, was having trouble keeping up with his bills, so he went looking for a quick source of cash to tide him over. While it's bad enough for a civilian to fall deeply into debt, the consequences for members of the military can be......
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After a week of flip-flops by the Army, Halliburton is waiting for a final decision on whether the military will withhold 15 percent of payments for some of its work in Iraq.
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The stage could be set for budget shifts that will hurt some defense contractors and help others.
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WASHINGTON - Halliburton&#39;s stock was shelled early Tuesday by reports that the Army had decided to withhold a large chunk of the payments under a massive contract to support troops in Iraq.
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In agreeing to stop the post-'surge' drawdown in Iraq, Defense secretary keeps pressure on the service.
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A US government auditor has backed a Pentagon recommendation to withhold payments to controversial US giant Halliburton over its work in Iraq.
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The US Army is laying the groundwork to let Halliburton Co. keep several billion dollars paid for work in Iraq that Pentagon auditors say is questionable or unsupported by proper documentation
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Halliburton said Monday the U.S. Army had decided to give the company more time to resolve a billing dispute before withholding payment of up to 15 percent of the company's bills in Iraq and Kuwait.
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The nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of a group of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during anti-war protests.
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The US military expects to decide within a week whether to withhold 15 percent of bills paid to Halliburton Co. for work in Iraq, an Army spokeswoman said Wednesday, as Democrats cried foul over why the Army was ...