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VEEP'S VITRIOL In 2004, Vice President Dick Cheney told Senator Patrick Leahy to "go f___ yourself" after the Democrat criticized Halliburton, which Cheney once...
...convicted candidates, but, moreover, an eclectic sample of his minions have been accused of covering up the spilled milk from Parmalat.This type of corruption has been enabled by Berlusconi’s dominance over the Italian media. In the United States, oily contacts between Vice President Cheney and foggy Halliburton still cast dark shadows on Iraqi deserts. And the Republican administration finds close allies in media moguls like Rupert Murdoch and his “fair and balanced” Fox News. But who needs indirect, obscure links? In Italy, Berlusconi saved himself the effort by controlling 90 percent...
...requirements of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in ports throughout the [Middle East] region.? The release also notes that ISS may be asked to provide services for U.S. military training exercises and ?contingency operations inland.? ISS?s partner for those services? None other than KBR, the division of Halliburton - Vice President Dick Cheney?s old firm - that has won billions of dollars in contracts for the Iraq war and reconstruction. Ironically, Halliburton's name has come up as a possible candidate to be the "U.S. entity" to take over the U.S. ports management from Dubai Ports World...
...contractor is not required to perform perfectly to be entitled to reimbursement." RHONDA JAMES, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokeswoman, on the Army's reimbursement to a Halliburton subsidiary of nearly $2.41 billion under a no-bid contract for work in Iraq, despite a Pentagon audit that found $263 million in questionable charges. The Army will pay all but $10.1 million of the contested costs...
...People ask ‘Who’s your daddy?’ I say you’re my skidaddy,” one audience member said. “Is Halliburton a house of pleasure or a house of pain...