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The head of the Defense Contract Audit Agency testified to the bipartisan Wartime Contracting Commission that the number of investigations into KBR regarding fraud is “unprecedented” for a military contract. The agency is challenging about $5 billion that KBR has billed to the taxpayer.
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0509/050409cdpm1.htm
