Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director

[guruoo]

Halliburton gets Katrina contract, hires former FEMA director
1 Sept. 2005

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle reported today. The work was assigned to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP contract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed in 2004. The repairs will take place in Louisiana and Mississippi.

KBR has not been asked to repair the levees destroyed in New Orleans which became the primary cause of most of the damage.

Since 1989, governments worldwide have awarded $3 billion in contracts to KBR's Government and Infrastructure Division to clean up damage caused by natural and man-made disasters.

Earlier this year, the Navy awarded $350 million in contracts to KBR and three other companies to repair naval facilities in northwest Florida damaged by Hurricane Ivan, which struck in September 2004. The ongoing repair work involves aircraft support facilities, medium industrial buildings, marine construction, mechanical and electrical improvements, civil construction, and family housing renovation.

In March, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is tasked with responding to hurricane disasters, became a lobbyist for KBR. Joe Allbaugh was director of FEMA during the first two years of the Bush administration.

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Allbaugh managed Bush's campaign for Texas governor in 1994, served as Gov. Bush's chief of staff and was the national campaign manager for the Bush campaign in 2000. Along with Karen Hughes and Karl Rove, Allbaugh was one of Bush's closest advisers.

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http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/hurricane_katrina.html

[jackster]

1. well that didn't take long

what a f'ing surprise too!

[FogerRox]

6. yeah really --- LOL--- ARGGggggg

[liberal N proud]

2. Shoot me and call me surprised. Maybe that is why it took so long to start

the rescue/relief


I guess we should just change the sign out in front of the Capitol, to Halliburton World Wide Headquarters.

[Justitia]

3. OMG! I thought this was satire! -eom

[mattclearing]

4. Shocking. We've been predicting this for days now. n/t

[Corgigal]

5. Explains the Cheney sighting..

[librechik]

7. Jeez, I was thinking they hired James Witt!

that was a fantasy. So who hired Witt?

Albaugh is one of the folks who had to "know in advance" about 9/11.
Great hire, Naziburton!

[Justitia]

8. LA Gov Blanco hired Witt to be her liason to FEMA.

She made a brilliant move to get someone competent to deal w/the disaster.

Now Witt, the expert, is working for the state of LA, in it's dealings w/FEMA.

[WiseButAngrySara]

12. I read on another DU thread that Witt had applied for the cleanup job that

the murdering Halliburton won. (by obvious default)

[Swamp Rat]

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[cynatnite]

10. How come Halliburton has the resources

to work both here in the US and Iraq...the US doesn't.

Dumb question, I know, but that's what came to mind after reading this.

[Wizard777]

11. LMAO! Try getting paid Allbaugh.

Halliburtons Con is that they get Contacts and then Hire people like Allbaugh to do the work. Then they try to find reason not to pay them.
Allbaugh sent his first bill. :wow:

That's the last straw! Tell that bastard he's never getting paid and to get back to work! We have a contract and we will sue his ass into eternal servetude.


They had their subcontactors in Iraq promising to feed the troops PBJ sandwiches until the companies went Belly Up. Hallibuton was starving them for payments. Guess who paid Halliburtons fines? Here's a Clue it wasn't Halliburton. They got bonuses.