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Posted by Steve Scott on October 5, 2006, 10:43 pm
Shoot, why let facts get in the way of a good rant???
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>Nathan wrote
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>my point exactly. haliburton didnt get the work because of cheney. they
>got the work because nobody else could do it. nobody. the left wing media
>leaves that critical piece of information out trying to get mileage out of
>cheneys haliburton connection.
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>An L.A. Times op-ed said, "Halliburton Received No-Bid Contracts During
>Clinton Administration For Work In Bosnia And Kosovo." An October 2003 article
>in the (Raleigh, NC) News & Observer quoted Bill Clinton's Undersecretary Of
>Commerce William Reinsch as saying "'Halliburton has a distinguished track
>record,' he said. 'They do business in some 120 countries. This is a group of
>people who know what they're doing in a difficult business. It's a
>particularly difficult business when people are shooting at you.'"
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>It is certainly true that during a two year period Halliburton’s revenue from
>Defense Department contracts doubled. However, that increase in revenue
>occurred from 1998 to 2000 - during the Clinton administration.
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>When Factcheck.org checked the facts about allegations by Democrats that there
>was a scandal because of the "no-bid" contracts awarded to Halliburton they
>stated, "It is false to imply that Bush personally awarded a contract to
>Halliburton. The ‘no-bid contract’ in question is actually an extension of an
>earlier contract to support U.S. troops overseas that Halliburton won under
>open bidding."
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