The US Army announced yesterday that Pentagon auditors have found that Halliburton cannot properly document more than $1.8 billion worth of work done in Iraq and Kuwait. The Pentagon is now threatening to withhold about $600 million in payments to the company which was one headed by Vice President Dick Cheney. And the Financial Times reports that Senator John Kerry’s campaign signaled yesterday its intention on placing the controversy surrounding Halliburton as a central theme of its bid for the White House.