WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon has awarded a $1 million contract to paint its headquarters to a small Ohio company after initially giving the job to a German firm, U.S. Congressman Steve LaTourette announced Thursday. LaTourette, an Ohio Republican, had questioned why a Germany company would get a Pentagon contract at a time when German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was among the most vocal opponents of the U.S.-led war in Iraq. LaTourette said he had convinced the Pentagon in June to re-examine the awarding of the initial contract to the German company Keimfarben after ChemMasters Specialty Construction Co., based in Madison,...
