This is the reward what lack of oversight reaps

Senator Norm Coleman (R-MN) was the Chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI) from 2002 through 2006. As Chair, Norm had broad latitude on what he could investigate. Consequently, the only investigation he conducted was into the UN's Iraq Oil-for-food program. He failed to question the no bid contracts that Halliburton got. He also failed to look into complaints about how Halliburton was managing these contracts.

Now 8ackgr0und N015e tells us about the consequences of Norm Coleman's inaction: our troops drank and bathed in contaminated water.

I didn't want the guy to panic... so I maintained my composure and said "I have to test some other spots"... of the 67 water treatment plants Halliburton was getting paid to run, 63 of them weren't providing safe water.

I'm here today because I want the american public to know what's happening. There are lot of soldiers over there, they might come home without a bullet wound, but there's a lot of them that are gonna have pathogens in their blood....because of Halliburton.
-- Ben Carter, former KBR/Halliburton Water Purification Specialist
(Daily Kos)