Feb. 14, 2004, 12:06AM Halliburton questioning focuses on towels' cost By DAVID IVANOVICH Copyright 2004 Houston Chronicle WASHINGTON -- Lawmakers wanted to hear about the towels. When would-be Halliburton Co. whistle-blower Henry Bunting of Houston came to Capitol Hill on Friday, Democratic senators peppered him with questions about the suddenly famous embroidered towels purchased for an exercise facility for U.S. troops in Baghdad. Bunting, a former Halliburton field buyer once stationed in Kuwait, told lawmakers a manager for Halliburton subsidiary KBR insisted on buying 2,500 towels costing $4.50 to $5.50 apiece, rather than ordinary towels for $1.60 each. The gold...