Pentagon
Signs $31K Contract for Oil Portrait of Leon Panetta
Once again the
Pentagon finds its way in a dilemma. What
to do with $31K dollars? Should we use it to pay down U.S. $17 trillion dollar debt? Feed the homeless? “I
know,” let’s purchase an oil painting to cover up that hole in the wall caused
by us, but we blamed it on 9-11. I want to know who in the hell is just sitting
down writing these checks from this unlimited bank account. Does anyone say NO!
Washington D.C. is
big on tradition, and one of those traditions involves official portraits of
top government officials. The Defense Department just awarded a $31,200 contract (frame included) to Portraits, Inc. for an official portrait
of former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta:
The Washington
Headquarters Services Acquisition Directorate issued a Firm-Fixed Price (FFP)
purchase order for the painting and delivery of the official oil portrait for
the former Secretary of Defense, Leon Panetta, as required by the Department of
Defense.
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