Halliburton's Contract in Iraq Will Be Extended (LA Times)

[WillyT]

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Halliburton Co. will retain a no-bid contract in Iraq longer than expected, the Bush administration said Wednesday, citing sabotage of oil facilities for delays in replacement contracts.

Halliburton's contract, valued at $1.59 billion so far, will be extended until December or January while the government receives and evaluates revised bids for replacement work that could total $2 billion.

Halliburton's KBR subsidiary has been performing the restoration work under a contract that evolved from emergency firefighting at Iraq's oil wells after Saddam Hussein was toppled to restoration of Iraq's petroleum production.

Democratic members of Congress have said the no-bid contract showed favoritism to the Houston company that Vice President Dick Cheney led before he ran for office.

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Link: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/whitehouse/la-fi-halliburton30oct30,1,3938182.story?coll=la-news-politics-white_house

What a surprise... NOT!!!

:mad:

[opihimoimoi]

1. Incredible they would FLAUNT this in our faces

I guess they got so arrogant we don matter anymore.

[WillyT]

2. Hello... Hello... Is This Thing Working ???

:shrug:

[Cassandra]

3. The Repugs keep saying that Haliburton...

has all these contracts because only they can do the job.
What will it take for the freepers to figure out they've been had? Will Halliburton have to be given a contract to manufacture sand before they get it?