THE GULF WAR : Business: Contracts
Supplying U.S. troops in the Mideast is a major undertaking. Some of the figures since August: Medical supplies: $424 million
Food: $772 million
Clothing: $967 million
Among recent contracts:
26,250 bottles of an antimalarial drug: $4.27 million
2.4 million dispensers of lip balm: $342,000
32,700 cans of chigger repellent: $78,160
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