Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Lost army job tied to doubts on U.S. contractor in Iraq

An employee of KBR serving dinner to an American soldier at a base in Baghdad. In 2004, a civilian official questioned KBR's request for about $200 million in payments for food services. (Shawn Baldwin/Reflex News, for The New York Times)

"The U.S. Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying more than $1 billion in questionable charges to KBR, the Houston-based company that has provided food, housing and other services to American troops."

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