The Army plans to hire an independent accounting firm to conduct a clean audit of how it has spent the money given to the service to fight the global war on terrorism. According to a solicitation the Army issued Feb. 1, a draft of the audit, which will cover spending from Sept. 11, 2001, through the end of fiscal year 2004, is to be finished by April 30 with a final report due May 31. Next week the Bush administration...
