DOD: Rising oil prices boost Pentagon fuel costs

FILL 'ER UP: This fiscal year, the Defense Logistics Agency's energy center will buy about 128 million barrels of fuel for $8.5 billion, DLA spokeswoman Lana Hampton says. Jet fuel constitutes nearly 70% of the Defense Department's petroleum product purchases. Hampton said the U.S. military is using...

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