Former Bush admin members new company bids for 10 year $50 bln Iraq/Afghan contract

[sabra]

http://www.theeagle.com/stories/110406/business_20061104041.php

Well-connected firm challenges Halliburton
Associated Press


WASHINGTON - A defense contractor now overseen by a former Bush administration Cabinet secretary is taking on Halliburton Co. by bidding for one of three Army contracts worth up to $50 billion each to provide food and shelter to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Within days after former U.S. Treasury Secretary John Snow became chairman of the New York hedge fund that owns IAP Worldwide Services Inc., the company submitted its bid for huge Army contracts that will be awarded by year-end.

Cerberus Capital Management LP owns Cape Canaveral, Fla.-based IAP, which is led by former executives from Halliburton subsidiary Kellogg, Brown & Root.

KBR is the Army's sole contractor for providing food and shelter to the military in Iraq and Afghanistan. But the Army wants multiple contractors for these services, and KBR is bidding again. Some defense analysts are predicting that both KBR and IAP, which is run by former KBR executives, will each win one of the 10-year deals that start in 2007.

:wtf:

[notadmblnd]

1. We're going to be there 10 years, huh?

nt

[sabra]

2. that's how I am reading it... not that much attention though re: this contract

I am shocked :sarcasm:

[IdesOfOctober]

3. Sabra: This intersects with David A. Smith's thread today

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=364&topic_id=2571702&mesg_id=2571702

Cheers!

Ides

[eppur_se_muova]

4. "New boss, same as the old boss" takes quite a literal turn here, doesn't it? nt

[CorpGovActivist]

6. In Both Cases, David Swindle - the "New Boss" - Was My "Old Boss" at Halliburton/KBR

I kid you not.

- David A. Smith, Editor, www.HALwhistleblowers.org and www.BushBunglesBrigade.org
(not to be confused, ever again, with David R. Smith, the as-yet-unindicted VP of Tax at Halliburton)

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=halliburton+tskj+bribes+foreign+corrupt+practices+act

http://journals.democraticunderground.com/CorpGovActivist

P.S. Hi, Sabra!

[sabra]

7. hey there! this story was totally under the radar last week

at least in the MSM that is....

[CorpGovActivist]

8. No, They Got It...

... they're just letting Halliburton/KBR and the White House box themselves in, first.

; )

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

9. Checkmate!

[CorpGovActivist]

10. With an Obscene Number of Pieces...

... still left on our side of the board.

Maybe KKKarl should use his prison time to finish that degree he never completed?

- Dave

[spanone]

5. The crimes keep piling up.

[Disturbed]

11. Wars are good business for some.

The Military Industrial Complex is booming.

The Funeral businesses in Iraq and Afghanistan are highly profitable.

[CorpGovActivist]

12. War Is (Still) a Racket - Smedley Darlington Butler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Darlington_Butler

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_is_a_Racket

- Dave

[bobthedrummer]

13. kick