Skeezix Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 Cheney earlier claimed that only "senior Pentagon procurement officials" were involved in gifting no-bid contracts to scandal-plagued Halliburton, his former company. Turns out Cheney lied (surprise!!). The story being widely reported today (this from Australian newspaper The Age)is: Cheney linked to suspect contracts By Christian Miller Washington June 14, 2004 The Pentagon has acknowledged that Vice-President Dick Cheney's chief of staff and other political appointees helped make the controversial decision on a $1.8 million contract for the postwar recovery of Iraq's oil sector. The decision to award the contract to the energy giant Halliburton overruled recommendations of an army lawyer. Eventually it resulted in the awarding of a much larger $US7 billion ($A10 billion) no-bid contract to Halliburton. Mr Cheney ran Halliburton for five years before he was nominated for vice-president. Democrat congressman Henry Waxman said the new details about Halliburton and Mr Cheney's office were disclosed last week in a Pentagon briefing to Democratic and Republican staff from the Government Reform Committee. This new evidence of the corruption of Bush's administration should come as no surprise to anyone... Quote
catbirdseat Posted June 14, 2004 Posted June 14, 2004 This new evidence of the corruption of Bush's administration should come as no surprise to anyone... You got THAT right. Quote
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