--- "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd just like to note that after a recent discussion > in which a couple list-members got all pissy at the > suggestion that they would not post articles to this > list about students being prohibited from wearing > pro-life T-Shirts at school that I am absolutely > shocked, *shocked* I tell you, that nobody has > forwarded this news item to the List so far.... > > Halliburton out of the running > Dick Cheney's former employer won't have lead role > in reconstructing Iraq > http://money.cnn.com/2003/03/28/news/companies/Halliburton/index.htm > > NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - Halliburton, the energy and > construction company once run by Vice President Dick > Cheney, is no longer in the running for a $600 > million contract to rebuild post-war Iraq... <snip> > Halliburton, which declined to comment, could still > be awarded a sub-contractor role...<snip> > 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... <snip>
> Halliburton Out of the Running > The construction firm once run by Dick Cheney won�t > get a big Iraq contract > NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE > http://www.msnbc.com/news/892259.asp > > March 28 � After taking some political heat, > Halliburton is stepping out of the kitchen... <snip> > ...But the administration has > come under increasingly strident criticism abroad > and > at the United Nations for offering postwar contracts > only to U.S. companies. Many of the questions have > been raised about Halliburton, which Cheney headed > from 1995 until 2000. On Monday, the U.S. Army > announced it had awarded a contract to extinguish oil > fires and restore oil infrastructure in Iraq to > Halliburton�s Kellogg, Brown & Root engineering and > construction division. Rep. Henry Waxman, a CA > Democrat, later sent a letter to Lt. Gen. Robert > Flowers, commander of the Army Corps of Engineers, > questioning why other oil-service companies had not > been allowed to bid...<snip> > What remains unclear is whether Halliburton > took itself out of the running for the contract, was > asked by the Bush administration to do so or whether > its bid was simply not deemed competitive... <snip> > But a U.N. official who follows the issue told > NEWSWEEK that the > Iraq reconstruction contract probably wasn�t worth > the bad publicity for Halliburton, which depends on > maintaining a favorable image both in Washington and > the Arab world (where it gets much of its > oil-related business, and where the war is > increasingly unpopular)... <snip> > The controversy over the awarding of the first > postwar contracts only to U.S. companies is part of > a larger ongoing issue of whether Iraq�s > transformation will be more U.S.-led or multilateral. <snip> > USAID officials say the practical demands of > rebuilding Iraq quickly, and the legal obligation > they > are under to favor U.S. firms�Congress wrote such > �aid-tying� preferences into the law�have > drastically > limited their choices. They point especially to the > need for speed, which in turn requires security > clearances; generally only U.S. companies have such > clearances..<snip> "Normally it would take us five to > six months to get it done. They said you�ve got two > months.� > Even big British construction firms like > Costain and Balfour Beatty have not been asked to > bid as prime contractors... <snip> > Natsios says that in an effort to broaden the > participants he has invoked a special provision of > the law opening up subcontracts to friendly > countries. He > and other aid officials note that up to about 50 > percent of the work is going to be subcontracted, as > is happening in Afghanistan. As of yet, however, no > foreign firms have been awarded even a > subcontracting > role in Iraq, USAID officials said. Last week, > British > cabinet minister Clare Short traveled to Washington > and complained to Natsios and other administration > officials about the contracting process. > Beans said the war�s slower-than-expected > progress has at least one silver lining for him. > �I�ve > been under incredible pressure to get these things > done,� he said. �The fact that they�ve been slowed > down a little bit has given me a little extra time.� I appreciated the articles; I am a little confused about the opening comments, as the articles seemed to be both fair toward and critical of the Admin at the same time. Debbi __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
