If they are the best then I agree with this. I dunno why there couldn't still be an rfp though... but if that is the case the question then becomes why all the secrecy about the payments to Cheney. Assuming they are innocent for a moment, the extreme secrecy of tnis administration works against this country's (and its own) best interestes.
Dana Jerry Johnson writes: > In response to Tim's saying that a subsidiary of Haliburton is the best at that kind > of work, and he has seen them in the field, I withdraw my qualified objections. > > If they are the best (and I take Tim's word for it) then, regardless of appearances > and the cost, they should be doing the work. > > Mea culpa. > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/31/03 09:28AM >>> > Well, no. If you mean me, I never talked about the rebuilding. > > I was specifically talking about the money awarded for support in the field. > > There are already civilians on the ground running the ports, controlling the > captured oil fields, running water pipes from Kuwait, and putting out the oil head > fires. They ain't there for free. > > The money was awarded using existing open ended never ending (no top dollar amount) > support contracts. > > No bid. Really no controls. > > Not that there is _necessarily_ anything wrong with that, but as someone here said > last week, I don't like even the appearance of impropriety in my elected (and > appointed) officials. > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/29/03 11:05AM >>> > But it proves that there was a bid process, which some on this list > disputed. And any sub-contracts would be awarded by the contract winner, > not the government. > > My point here is that many people jump to conclusions without getting all > the facts first. > > At 03:55 PM 3/29/2003 +0000, you wrote: > >"Halliburton, which declined to comment, could still be awarded a > >sub-contractor role.....Halliburton has won one Iraq-related job. The > >company's Kellogg Brown & Root unit this week was awarded a contract by the > >U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to put out oil fires and make emergency > >repairs to Iraq's oil infrastructure. Halliburton wouldn't speculate about > >the deal's monetary value. " > > > >Still I suppose it's good they are nto going to get the whole enchilada... > > > > > >Nick McClure writes: > > > > > http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/28/news/companies/Halliburton/index.htm > > > > > > Halliburton is out of the running for the main contract to rebuild Iraq. > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
