While Kellogg Brown & Root are very competent at their job, there is still some problem with the process. A key issue right now is the lock out of foreign firms from getting contracts to assist with the reconstruction. The official position is that the companies are required to have Top Secret clearances just to read the RFP. That's certainly a viable excuse, but I'm willing to bet that the RFP could have been written for bidding companies to address potential capabilities instead of specific secret information.
Bush has claimed for over a year now that "we aren't into Nation building", referring to the idea that we would go in militarily, but leave it to other nations to clean up the mess. Now those other nations are being shut out of the apparently lucrative reconstruction contracts and it still looks like more incestuous favortism if not cronyism. I applaud the efforts to rebuild the country that we destroy and to lift it out of the problems that existed even before we went in there. I just wish that the US would share the burden internationally instead of raising taxes to pay US companies at the expense of funding local State governments that are suffering financially because of all the funds going to paying for the war. -Kevin > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:47 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Halliburton out of the running > > > 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