KBR Contract Questioned

Pentagon asked to check an electrical contract awarded to KBR, even as the company was being investigated for the electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers

By: Michael Snowden | WKRG-TV
Published: February 20, 2009

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WASHINGTON (AP) - Members of Congress are asking the Pentagon to
review a $35 million contract awarded to a company under criminal
investigation in the electrocution deaths of U.S. soldiers in Iraq.
The Associated Press reported that Houston-based KBR Inc. was
given the contract involving electrical work months after a senior
Pentagon official rejected the company's explanation of mistakes in
Iraq and questioned whether confidence remained in KBR's electrical
work.
The letter from New Hampshire Rep. Carol Shea-Porter is signed
by 18 others Congress members.
Company spokeswoman Heather Browne said Friday that KBR has not
done shoddy electrical work as the letter contends. The company
denies any wrongdoing.
At least 18 troops and contractors have died in
electrical-related incidents in Iraq.

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