It’s good to see that some troughs are constantly kept brimming with slops: U.S. Army gives $5 billion more work to Halliburton By Sue Pleming WASHINGTON, July 6 (Reuters) – The U.S. military has signed on Halliburton (HAL.N: Quote, Profile, Research) to do nearly $5 billion in new work in Iraq under a giant logistics contract that has so far earned the Texas-based firm $9.1 billion, the Army said on Wednesday.