-----Original Message----- From: Mel Cragwell, II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 04, 2005 5:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HALLIBURTON GETS KATRINA CONTRACT, HIRES FORMER FEMA DIRECTOR
life is good....for Halliburton... actually...they're a great example of how a company has so leveraged itself into the framework of all of the principal decision makers in US business sector and beyond. They've got 'brand name' recognition and no matter how politically connected they are, to the dismay of the 'little guy'.....the truth is...Halliburton is on the short list...ALWAYS. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Halliburton Watch - 1 Sept. 2005 HALLIBURTON GETS KATRINA CONTRACT, HIRES FORMER FEMA DIRECTOR WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (HalliburtonWatch.org) -- The US Navy asked Halliburton to repair naval facilities damaged by Hurricane Katrina, the Houston Chronicle <http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/business/3335685> reported today. The work was assigned to Halliburton's KBR subsidiary under the Navy's $500 million CONCAP <http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/CONCAP_extension.html> tract awarded to KBR in 2001 and renewed in 2004. The repairs will take place in Louisiana and Mississippi. KBR has not been asked to repair the levees destroyed in New Orleans which became the primary cause of most of the damage. Since 1989, governments worldwide have awarded $3 billion <http://www.halliburton.com/kbr/govServ/US/stateLocalRegional/ emergencyResponse.jsp> contracts to KBR's Government and Infrastructure Division to clean up damage caused by natural and man-made disasters. Earlier this year, the Navy awarded $350 million in contracts to KBR and three other companies to repair naval facilities <http://www.halliburton.com/default/main/halliburton/eng/news/ source_files/news.jsp?newsurl=/default/main/halliburton/eng/news/ source_files/press_release/2005/kbrnws_020105.html> northwest Florida damaged by Hurricane Ivan, which struck in September 2004. The ongoing repair work involves aircraft support facilities, medium industrial buildings, marine construction, mechanical and electrical improvements, civil construction, and family housing renovation. In March, the former director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), which is tasked with responding to hurricane disasters, became a lobbyist for KBR. Joe Allbaugh <http://www.dcexaminer.com/articles/2005/03/22/news/d_c_news/ 02newsdc23kkr.txt> director of FEMA during the first two years of the Bush administration. Today, FEMA is widely criticized for its slow response to the victims of Hurricane Katrina. Allbaugh managed Bush's campaign for Texas governor in 1994, served as Gov. Bush's chief of staff and was the national campaign manager for the Bush campaign in 2000. Along with Karen Hughes and Karl Rove, Allbaugh was one of Bush's closest advisers. "This is a perfect example of someone cashing in on a cozy political relationship," said Scott Amey, general counsel at the Project on Government Oversight, a Washington watchdog group. "Allbaugh's former placement as a senior government official and his new lobbying position with KBR strengthens the company's already tight ties to the administration, and I hope that contractor accountability is not lost as a result." ### Source: http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/ HOW-TO-JOIN: Join Boston Blacks Online via the World Wide Web at http://www.blackpeople.com/bbo HOW-TO-LEAVE: To stop receiving mail from this list, send an email message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a BLANK subject line and the message leave bbo Please note that NOTHING else should be in the message and the message must be sent in plain text. If your mail is being sent in HTML, the automated list manager will not be able to process your request. If you are not removed, send a copy of whatever you sent to the list manager to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that you will NOT receive any kind of personal assistance until AFTER you have attempted to remove yourself via the automated list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] * BlackPeople.com is one of the Communiversal Electronic Communities -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 9/2/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.10.18/89 - Release Date: 9/2/2005 ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Life without art & music? Keep the arts alive today at Network for Good! http://us.click.yahoo.com/FXrMlA/dnQLAA/Zx0JAA/LRMolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/scifinoir2/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
