To: NormsRevenge
We were alarmed to hear the first company to get a contract in the rebuilding of New Orleans was Halliburton, another nonbid contract," said Leslie Cagan of United for Peace and Justice, which bills itself as the largest anti-war coalition in the United States.
Jealous? Eat your heart out pinko!
To: LoudRepublicangirl
>>The largest U.S. contractor in Iraq, Halliburton Co.'s subsidiary Kellogg Brown and Root has been given a $29.8 million contract to rebuild Navy bases along the Katrina-battered Gulf Coast. << Some companies are more capably of rebuilding Navy bases better than others. Anyone realize how long it takes to compete a Federal Procurement? There are legitimate exceptions for no-bid awards and I am sure it was utilized properly. I noted that Cheney is still stigmatized with his once-affiliation to Halliburton - can they never get over this long past history?
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09/19/2005 6:05:12 PM PDT by
p23185
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