The Pentagon has revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney’s office was consulted before Halliburton was given a contract in 2002 to develop secret plans to restore Iraq’s oil facilities after the U.S. invasion. The revelation raises new questions if Cheney, who formerly headed Halliburton, lied to the press when he said he knew nothing in advance of Halliburton receiving lucrative contracts in Iraq. Meanwhile a new Pentagon audit has determined Halliburton has severely mismanaged its billions of dollars of government contracts in Iraq and Kuwait, leading to “significant” overcharges. The Pentagon found examples of subcontractors charging $100 to clean a 15-pound bag of laundry and examples of $85,000 trucks being abandoned because they had a flat tire.