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lester1/2jr
05-10-2010, 03:02 PM
http://www.newsweek.com/id/237651


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Although this is not widely known, BP has been one of the biggest suppliers of fuel to the Pentagon in recent years, with much of its oil going to U.S. military operations in the Mideast. (It sold $2.2 billion in oil to the Pentagon last year, making it No. 1 among all the oil companies in sales to the military, according to the latest figures from the Defense Energy Support Center.)

then it gets into how this helped derail a seemingly air tight federal case against them


If she pushed debarment too hard, Pascal was sure the Pentagon would simply invoke a national-security exception that would allow BP to continue to sell it oil. When "a major economic and political giant?.?.?.?tells you it has direct access to the White House, it's very intimidating," says Pascal.

great closing sentence


But for BP, finding its way around Washington is terrain far more familiar than the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.