The US taxpayer suffers endlessly at the hands of docile Pentagon officials who meekly pay up for the most outrageous extravagances billed by military suppliers, and after the $250 pair of pliers and the $1,000 lavatory seat comes the TRW dog: to the credit of TRW Corp, the company actually withdrew the bill after conducting its own review of overhead charges – Uncle Sam was being asked to further the nation’s defence by meeting the cost of boarding a TRW executive’s dog.
THE CASE OF THE TRW DOG
