Despite Probe, Halliburton Gets Contract

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Despite Probe, Halliburton Gets Contract

Despite Probe, Halliburton Gets Contract

By MATT KELLEY, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Despite a Pentagon probe into alleged overcharging for fuel delivered to Iraq, the Army awarded Vice President Dick Cheney's former company a contract Friday to rebuild Iraq's oil industry.

Halliburton won a competitive bid to rebuild the oil industry in southern Iraq, a contract worth up to $1.2 billion over two years, the Army Corps of Engineers said in a statement.

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another friday night story from your nation's capitol?

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1. dupe

didn't see 'halliburton'

other thread: "cheney's former firm"

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