IRAQ -- HALLIBURTON HAS LOST GOVERNMENT PROPERTY WORTH MILLIONS: Bloomberg
News reports "Halliburton Co., the biggest U.S. contractor in Iraq, has lost
$18.6 million of government property that country, about a third of the
items it was given to manage
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including trucks, computers and office furniture." Despite persistent
problems with overcharging, mismanagement and fraud, Halliburton -- the
company run by Dick Cheney before he became vice president -- has raked in
$3.2 billion in highly-coveted government contracts.