2008-05-23 Pentagon Cannot Account For $15 Billion

2008-05-23 Washington Post Dana Hedgpeth \US military spending\US occupation of Iraq http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/22/AR2008052203751_pf.html Spending On Iraq Poorly Tracked &ldquo;The inspector general for the Defense Department said yesterday that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $15 billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses to rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns that were bought from contractors in the Iraq reconstruction effort.&rdquo;  "The inspector general for the Defense Department said yesterday that the Pentagon cannot account for almost $15 billion worth of goods and services ranging from trucks, bottled water and mattresses to rocket-propelled grenades and machine guns that were bought from contractors in the Iraq reconstruction effort." Mirrors: PrisonPlanet   