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Pentagon's record contract: a recording error
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10-22-2007 1:10 PM
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wow, no wonder why our taxes continue to sky rocket, wonder what has gotten by the auditers
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The Defense Department said on Thursday it was awarding what might have been its richest-ever single contract at $24 billion, but it erred by a factor of 1,000. (Jason Reed/Reuters)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><H1> <DIV class="source"> <A href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/reuters/brand/SIG=pd7i95;_ylt=AsskGHgsHgs0YptYcui3SyQZ.3QA/*http://www.reuters.com"><IMG width="120" height="26" border="0" alt="Reuters" src="http://l.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/p/reuters120.gif" /></A> </DIV> Pentagon's record contract: a recording error </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Defense Department said on Thursday it was awarding what might have been its richest-ever single contract at $24 billion, but it erred by a factor of 1,000. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>The supposedly huge deal, listed in the Pentagon's daily contract digest, was said to have gone to <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_0" class="yshortcuts">Boeing Co</SPAN> for engineering support of the Air Force's KC-135 refueling fleet.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>"No one at <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_1" class="yshortcuts">Boeing</SPAN> knows of a contract of anything of this magnitude," said Forrest Gossett, a company spokesman in <SPAN id="lw_1192810591_2" class="yshortcuts">St. Louis</SPAN>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071019/od_nm/airforce_mistake_dc"><P>The Air Force referred callers to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where the contract was handled. 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