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Senate Kills Bill to Police Haliburton

June 21, 2006 John Byron Dorgan, Defense Appropriation Bill, haliburton, Iraq War, KBR, S.AMDT.4230

In an effort to stop companies like Halliburton and its subsidiaries from cheating our troops and stealing from Americans, Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND), introduced S.AMDT.4230 and attached it to the Defense Authorization bill currently being debated in the Senate. The bill was intended to improve contracting “by eliminating fraud and abuse and improving competition in contracting and procurement.”

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Haliburton Taking Good Care of Our Troops

September 21, 2005September 21, 2005 John cheney, Corruption, dick, drinking water, haliburton, Iraq, sewage, sick, troops, vice president, War, white house

Not only did Halliburton’s KBR subsidiary serve U.S. troops in Iraq spoiled food (sometimes a year past the expiration date), but also contaminated water from Iraq’s Euphrates River, containing “numerous pathogenic organisms” at nearly two times the normal contamination levels of untreated water. “[R]aw sewage is routinely dumped less than two miles from the water intake location.”