He has no idea?????? He's the bleeping VP of the United States
and he HAS NO IDEA?

"two wheels" wrote in message
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MR. RUSSERT: Why is there no bidding?

VICE PRES. CHENEY: I have no idea. Go ask the Corps of Engineers. One
of the things to keep in mind is that Halliburton is a unique kind of
company. There are very few companies out there that have the
combination of the very large engineering construction capability and
significant oil field services, the first- or second-largest oil field
service company in the world, and they've traditionally done a lot of
work for the U.S. government and the U.S. military. That expertise has
stood the military in good stead over the years, but it's a great
company. There are fine people working for it.
I also have a lot of confidence in the people in the Department
of Defense. Nobody has produced one single shred of evidence that
there's anything wrong or inappropriate here, nothing but innuendo,
and-basically they're political cheap shots is the way I would describe
it. I don't know any of the details of the contract because I
deliberately stayed away from any information on that, but Halliburton
is a fine company. And as I say-and I have no reason to believe that
anybody's done anything wrong or inappropriate here.

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I think I'd take Cheney's word on it over the Bush-haters. He doesn't
have any financial connection to Halliburton anymore, and he's already
made plenty of money as the CEO. He took a big pay cut to go back into
government. The "profiteering" nonsense is just politics, and most
people understand that. Halliburton is the only (American) company with
the experience to do the jobs in Iraq, while being shot at. It costs a
little more when they're shooting at you, for some reason. The job
applications from engineers are a little harder to come by.


two wheels