From
John Cole, at Balloon Juice.
If you just heard two synchronized explosions, that would be when Henry Waxmen and Duncan Black just had their heads explode when they learned that Halliburton will be fixing several of the hurricane damaged Navy bases.
Yep. You read that right. Halliburton was immediately awarded the contracts, (was there time for bidding? Oh, bah. Shut up. Who needs competitive bidding? We'll just put it on one of their old contracts that was supposed to be for "construction capabilities") to repair Naval bases damaged by Katrina.
The Navy has hired Houston-based Halliburton Co. to restore electric power, repair roofs and remove debris at three naval facilities in Mississippi damaged by Hurricane Katrina.
Halliburton subsidiary KBR will also perform damage assessments at other naval installations in New Orleans as soon as it is safe to do so.
Come on... seriously. Tell us how surprised you are. The relief effort is many days late and dollars short, but who will slide in to cash in on it? Dick Cheney's buddies. Just lovely.
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