From the San Francisco Chronicle comes this story.
More than $10 billion of the money paid to military contractors for Iraq reconstruction and troop support was either excessive or unsupported by documents, including $2.7 billion for contracts held by Halliburton or one of its subsidiaries, Congress was told Thursday.
The three top auditors overseeing work in Iraq told a House committee their review of $57 billion in Iraq contracts found that Defense and State department officials condoned or allowed repeated work delays, bloated expenses and payments for shoddy work or work never done.
Concern about the wasteful spending in Iraq is one area where I do agree with liberals. There's just too much money being poured into the country without any oversight.
For the people against the war who complain about the costs, they should focus on this area, not the other claptrap they tend to cry about.
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