Hillary Slams Halliburton for 'Exorbitant Charges'

Newsmax ^ | 1/1/04 | Staff

[Maria S]

New York Sen. Hillary Clinton is blasting Halliburton, the oil services company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney, for what she described as its "exorbitant charges" for gasoline supplied to Iraq - even though the Army Corps of Engineers was singled out as the guilty party in a Pentagon report released yesterday.

In a statement that didn't even mention Halliburton, the Pentagon said the Defense Energy Support Center would develop new contracts with its own terms and conditions for the import of fuel to Iraq - a change that would remove Cheney's old firm from the process. In a report detailing the switch, the New York Times noted that it was the Army Corps of Engineers that had been "criticized for its management of a Halliburton contract to bring fuel to Iraq."

But that didn't stop Sen. Clinton from zeroing in on Cheney's old firm, telling the New York Daily News yesterday, "Hopefully, [the change] will end the exorbitant charges for the importation and distribution of gasoline."

Chiming in alongside Clinton, Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., said the news shows the need for "tough scrutiny for Halliburton and its fairy godfather, Dick Cheney." Under the Clinton administration, Halliburton received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of construction contracts for rebuilding efforts in Kosovo and Haiti. Halliburton officials said yesterday they were relieved that others would now be responsible for securing gas and oil for the Iraq rebuilding effort, calling the task "dangerous for our people."

Since it began work in the country, Halliburton has had four employees killed, and its subcontractor has had three drivers killed and 10 injured, with 60 vehicles damaged or destroyed, according to the Financial Times in London.

On Monday the New York Times published the results of its own comprehensive investigation into the company's dealings in Iraq, saying it had uncovered "no evidence of profiteering" by Halliburton.

The company's profits in the rebuilding effort so far have in fact been "minimal," the Times said.

[wardaddy]

good point..i think she used AF1 for her personal travels abroad more than any other POTUSFL

[wardaddy]

My dad subbed a lot of pipeline work from B&R for about 30 years. They were great CMs to work for.

[The South Texan]

Go away Hillary, just fricking go away.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Apparently Hitlery didn't get the memo. Even the NY Slimes cleared Halliburton of wrongdoing.

[Lurkina.n.Learnin]

I recommend placing Hillary's more than ample posturer in a fuel laden truck and send her to Bagdad. After her trip with a big red bullseye on said truck then we could ask her what that service is really worth.

[monocle]

Her trip to Egypt with Chelsea was in and by itself was outrageous.

[Liberty Valance]

Hillary! has a chance to redeem herself here by donating all proceeds from her book to the Iraqi general fund :o)
Thanks Hillary!

[Paul Atreides]

And, to think, that this hag got some votes in the latest FR poll.

[mcenedo]

Any "newspaper" would report the Hildebeast's comments and then recap the facts of the situation to give context to the comments.

Did that happen? Or did the "News" report her comments as fact?

[hillary's_fat_a**]

Cu**! or Co**! With Hillary, I'm not so sure .....

[night reader]

Hillary Clinton is blasting Halliburton, the oil services company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney...

Is it possible for the press to use the word Halliburton without suffixing the phrase "formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney?"

Anyone who cares, knows.

[goody2shooz]

Dick Cheney's name was used four times in this article, yet he doesn't own Halliburton.

That company is owned by a Democrat and former First Lady: Lucille "Lady Bird" Johnson, widow of President Lyndon Baines Johnson.

[DustyMoment]

******* SUPER NON-STORY ALERT!!!!

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The problem here is that the smartest woman in America can't read. The article CLEARLY states that the Pentagon blamed the Army Corps of Engineers for the overcharges and the Pentagon report didn't even mention Halliburton. A certain junior Senator from NY sitting on the Armed Services Committee should make sure that she reads the WHOLE report before she starts screeching.

This is just Dem "talking points" in action to try a stir something up. The Dems keep floating trial balloons to find an issue to use against Bush but they don't seem to understand a very simple concept: LEAD balloons don't float.

This screed by the Hildawitch is just more Dem pi**ing in the wind.

[Just mythoughts]

The terrorists are using "donkey" carts to haul their missiles around, I am sure they have a spare for her to lead her fedayheen.