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Rep. Waxman Letter to Acting Secretary of the Army
t r u t h o u t | Letter
http://truthout.org

Thursday 29 May 2003

Editor's Note | Rep. Waxman's letter to the office of the Army
Secretary raises a number of disturbing issues. It appears that
Halliburton subsidiary, Kellog Brown & Root, was given nearly $500
million in government contracts for the Iraq war without said
contracts being proffered to other companies in a standard bidding
process. Given Halliburton's close ties to Vice President Cheney, the
potential impropriety of this action is manifest. As Rep. Waxman notes
in his letter, Halliburton's contracts with the government allowed
them "to profit from virtually every phase of the conflict with Iraq."
Perhaps more disturbing is the timing of the issuance of said
contracts. Waxman states that Brown & Root was contracted for Iraq war
work in 2001. Was this contract offered before September 11? truthout
is in the process of finding the answer to that question through Rep.
Waxman's office. - wrp

Go to Rep. Waxman's Letter
http://www.truthout.org/mm_01/4.Wax.Brn.Root.Halli.pdf