September 5, 200521 yr September 4th, 2005 7:56 pm Halliburton Subsidiary Gets Katrina Deal By Lolita C. Baldor / Associated Press WASHINGTON - A Halliburton Co. subsidiary that has come under fire for its reconstruction work in Iraq has begun tapping a $500 million Navy contract to do emergency repairs at Gulf Coast naval and Marine facilities that were battered by Hurricane Katrina. The subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. of Arlington, Va., was awarded the competitive bid contract last July to provide debris removal and other emergency work associated with natural disasters. Jan Davis, a spokeswoman for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, said Sunday that KBR will receive $12 million for work at Naval Air Station Pascagoula, Naval Station Gulfport and Stennis Space Center in Mississippi. It will receive $4.6 million for work at two smaller Navy facilities in New Orleans and others in the South. The company has provided similar work after major disasters in the United States and abroad for more than 15 years, including in Florida after Hurricane Andrew. But KBR has been at the center of scrutiny for receiving a five-year, no-bid contract to restore Iraqi oil fields shortly before the war began in 2003. Halliburton has reported being paid $10.7 billion for Iraq-related government work during 2003 and 2004. The company reported its pretax profits from that work as $163 million. Pentagon auditors have questioned tens of millions of dollars of Halliburton charges for its operations there. Late last month three congressional Democrats asked Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to investigate the demotion of a senior civilian Army official who publicly criticized the awarding of that contract. Bunnatine H. Greenhouse, who had been the Army Corps of Engineers' top procurement official since 1997, was removed from her position last month for what the Corps called a poor job performance. The lawmakers said the demotion "appears to be retaliation" for her June 27 testimony before Congress in which she detailed her objections to the award of contracts for Iraq projects. Vice President Dick Cheney headed Halliburton from 1995 to 2000, and Democrats have questioned whether the company has gotten favorable treatment because of his connection. How much lower can we sink? Speechless...
September 5, 200521 yr I don't see an issue. They won a competitive bid contract and they have done similar work in the past.
September 6, 200521 yr Not surprising. Haliburton probably has their tentacles in every other corporation at this point.
September 6, 200521 yr Oh cmon. What are they supposed to do, stop doing business all toghether? It says in the article they've been doing this kind of work for over 15 years... I understand critisizing the Iraqi involvement because it looks shady, but this...
September 6, 200521 yr come on guys, there no reason to be upset over giving a company another no bid contract. It isnt like they have major dealings with Iran? They do? It isnt like Chaney's family owns a large portion of stock that he sold to them? Oh they do? Hmm oh well. It is the goverment, what do you expect. The point is people need help there. That is what matters first, then when we get a real White House in there Halaburton can get kicked out of office.
September 6, 200521 yr come on guys, there no reason to be upset over giving a company another no bid contract. 932249[/snapback] The subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root Services Inc. of Arlington, Va., was awarded the competitive bid contract last July to provide debris removal and other emergency work associated with natural disasters. sure sounds like some bidding was going on to me ... right up near the top of the article even...................
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