In the course of allocating hundreds of millions of dollars to contractors during the Iraq war, the Department of Defense gave $20 million to a company that owed $4 million in back taxes. Senators Tom Carper (D-Delaware) and Tom Coburn (R-Oklahoma) have written to the Pentagon demanding answers to why Leonie Industries was given a lucrative deal under the circumstances. The contract called for the company to provide "marketing and media services." |