aren't that many firms that could do the work) is to say: why bother, then
with making no-bid contracts? Why change the process?
Had they described the job, open the task to bidding from American companies
only and Haliburton was the only one that came to the table. well, then who
could argue?
I've said it before but one issue I have with the administration is their
lack of elegance, their lack of political skill. I expect a certain core of
self-service from my politicians but I also expect them to hide it well.
The leaders of this administration just aren't very good politicians.
Jim Davis
From: Larry C. Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2004 9:04 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: Re: George W. Bush, a great president
Lets not forget that there is one big wrinkle in this scenario. KBR -
Halliburton is almost unique. Its one of 2 other companies, one French
the other Canadian, that can actually do that sort huge logistics
chain work of the scale that was needed in Iraq. Obviously the US
government is not going to give a contract of this size to companies
from countries that did not participate in the invasion.
That said, OTOH, KBR is known for overcharging on government contracts
- they are past masters at the $10,000 hammer.
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