Pentagon still haunted by '$43 million gas station'

By Tony Bertuca / July 27, 2016 at 5:24 PM
Earlier this year the Defense Department refuted charges that it spent $43 million building a single gas station in Afghanistan, but now an influential senator alleges DOD "opened a real can of worms" while defending itself and is demanding additional information. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has sent a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter listing his remaining concerns about the cost of a compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan financed by DOD's now-defunct Task Force for Business...

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