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On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:30:06 -0800, "Jonathan Ganz"
wrote:

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

It's not important stuff. It's maintenance and remodeling. What's the
big deal? Why would a VP have to get involved in that? Bigger
job--bigger numbers on the check--that's all.

two wheels



"two wheels" wrote in message
.. .
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


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