http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/2600569

E-mail links Cheney's office, contract
Spokesman says VP had no role in Halliburton deal
Reuters News Service

WASHINGTON -- A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Cheney's office "coordinated" a multibillion-dollar Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to his former employer Halliburton, Time magazine reported Sunday.

The e-mail, sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official March 5, 2003, said Douglas Feith, a senior Pentagon official, provided arrangements for the RIO contract, or Restore Iraqi Oil, between Halliburton and the U.S. government, Time said.

The e-mail said Feith, who reports to Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz, approved arrangements for the contract "contingent on informing WH (White House) tomorrow. We anticipate no issues since action has been coordinated (with) VP's (vice president's) office."

A spokesman for Cheney said his office had no role in the contract process.

"Vice President Cheney and his office have had no involvement whatsoever in government contracting matters since he left private business to run for vice president," said Kevin Kellems, a spokesman for Cheney.



Does anyone believe that for a minute???

I guess it wasn't an accident that Airforce 2 taxied at IAH (Houston Intercontinental Airport) the day they announced the sweet deal.

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