but unable to get cost per meal figure that caller cited.
http://democrats.senate.gov/dpc/dpc-new2.cfm?doc_name=inv25) Halliburton served the troops food that had spoiled or passed its expiration date. Halliburton managers ordered employees to remove bullets from food in trucks that had come under attack, then saved the bullets as souvenirs while giving the food to unwitting soldiers and Marines. More…
6) Halliburton charged taxpayers for services that it never provided and tens of thousands of meals that it never served. More…http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=12055WASHINGTON - Halliburton Co. and the U.S. Army have resolved a lengthy billing dispute over meals served to U.S. troops in Iraq and Kuwait, with the Pentagon ultimately refusing to reimburse $55 million worth of bills.
The Houston-based contractor and the Army Field Support Command have been wrestling since December 2003 over a fair way to reimburse Halliburton subsidiary KBR for dishing up food for troops, when the military could never say exactly how many soldiers might show up for a given meal.
At stake was $200 million in disputed costs incurred during the first nine months of the war and occupation, first in Kuwait and then in Iraq.
The deal announced Tuesday means the Army has agreed to reimburse the company for about $145 million of those disputed bills. Overall, the Army will pay KBR $1.18 billion for running the dining halls during the nine-month period.
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