Halliburton's Mission

WALL STREET JOURNAL ^ | October 17, 2003 | DAVE LESAR

[OESY]

A Halliburton cook in Baghdad is a VIP in the Middle East. Just ask the soldiers she serves. She has never met Richard Cheney, the former CEO of the company who now is the vice president of the United States.

[OESY]

An important defense of Halliburton by the CEO. Better late than never!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Political target.

[MarkeyD]

And how many liberals know that the first contract for this 'wartime' effort was signed in 1997. Now WHO was president then?

[EagleMamaMT]

Read later.

[AngryJawa]

Thanks for posting this article.

For a long time, I've been of the opinion that Halliburton provides these services to the US Military faster, better, and cheaper than they can do it themselves. Not that this will matter to the rats one stinkin' bit. They're happy to damn a very important part of this process to score cheap political points.

[Jaded]

A subsidiary of Halliburton has had government contracts for years and years. Several administrations, as a matter of fact.

[OESY]

12:45 ET Halliburton refutes statements about fuel procurement in Iraq: Halliburton today strongly responded to statements about fuel procurement and delivery in Iraq. "The claims made about our fuel delivery mission in Iraq are inaccurate, misleading and unwarranted."