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Politics : Don't Blame Me, I Voted For Kerry -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: JakeStraw who wrote (9943)	3/24/2004 3:21:24 PM
From: Karen Lawrence	Respond to of 81568

Curious that the WH wouldn't release Clarke's book for publication for three months. The WH timing turned out to be good for Clarke, bad for them. Curious Halliburton got the contract in Iraq without having to bid and after it was announced Halliburton was out of the running: Vice President Dick Cheney arrives at the White House earlier this month Halliburton Out of the Running The construction firm once run by Dick Cheney won’t get a big Iraq contract By Michael Hirsh NEWSWEEK WEB EXCLUSIVE March 28 — After taking some political heat, Halliburton is stepping out of the kitchen. The giant energy and construction firm once managed by Vice President Dick Cheney is no longer in the running for a $600 million rebuilding contract in postwar Iraq, NEWSWEEK has learned. msnbc.com