Halliburton Contract Extension Cancelled Amid Allegations of Overcharging

gristy

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:50 PM
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Halliburton Contract Extension Cancelled Amid Allegations of Overcharging

Well, it's a start.

The Army Corps of Engineers is "likely" to cancel the no-bid contract extension granted a week ago to Halliburton for delivery of oil-related services amid allegations that Halliburton is overcharging the federal government to import oil into Iraq. The decision to revisit the contract extension comes in part due to the assertions from inside the Pentagon that Halliburton's price for imported gasoline was "at least double what it should be."

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nadinbrzezinski

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:50 PM
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1. It is indeed a start

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zonmoy

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:51 PM
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2. anybody want to bet

that the bush cabal will nix any attempt to cancel this contract.

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BadGimp

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:53 PM
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4. my money is on the fact they will find a end run

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David Zephyr

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Thu Nov-06-03 06:06 PM
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6. Mine, Too.

Or they'll just pick up other contracts to replace them. Just a shifting of the war-profiteering rewards, that's all.

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Democrats unite

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:52 PM
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3. I think they should be made to repay...

The American tax dollars that they have already stolen from us.

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beanball

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Thu Nov-06-03 06:53 PM
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8. Return the $$$$$

when I was in the military I was over paid $1500.oo you better believe I had to return the money.

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hlthe2b

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Thu Nov-06-03 05:58 PM
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5. yet all their other contracts continue....

without the glare of daylight set upon them...

Nice ruse, I think....

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qanda

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Thu Nov-06-03 06:07 PM
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7. The key...

"for delivery of oil-related services".

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