U.S. paid $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers

A small South Carolina company run by twin sisters managed to collect $1M from US Department of Defense to ship two $0.19 lock washers. This happened due to procedures used to streamline procurement for wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Who do these folks think they are? Haliburton? U.S. paid $1 million to ship two 19-cent washers