Wolfowitz's good friends at Halliburton ... Halliburton is the U.S.-baseed multinational corporation that has gained notoriety for 1) being the company Vice President Dick Cheney ran for five years before joining the Bush team; and 2) being the leader in getting U.S. military contracts in Iraq and Afghanistan, often without the formality of competitive bidding. Charlie Cray of the Center for Corporate Policy questions how a man who oversaw the awarding of contracts for the reconstruction of Iraq can be considered appropriate for a job like President of the World Bank, given the many opportunities he will have to contine rewarding Halliburton (and others). Cray, with Jim Vallette, also has a slightly longer piece on halliburtonwatch.org outlining how the influence shakedowns work.

Soren Ambrose ~ April 01, 2005

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