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Opposing views on challenges to Halliburton's ethical conduct.

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• Army Corps Clears Halliburton

  http://webreprints.djreprints.com/903110980199.html
  "The head of the Army Corps of Engineers quietly exonerated Halliburton Co. of any wrongdoing in a Kuwait fuel-delivery contract that Pentagon auditors asserted has overcharged the U.S. government by more than $100 million." By Neil King.

• Cheney's Role in Halliburton Contracts Debated

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1567430
  "Critics believe Vice President Dick Cheney steered work to the company he once headed. But industry experts say Halliburton likely won the deal for other reasons." By John Burnett. [NPR]

• Cynics Without a Cause

  http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/11/opinion/11BROO.html
  Editorial by David Brooks that when it comes to Halliburton, "the democratic presidential candidates are content simply to repeat demagogic and misleading applause lines." [New York Times] (Purchase required.)

• Examining Halliburton's 'Sweetheart' Deal in Iraq

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1559574
  "Halliburton has what appears to be a super sweetheart deal, but military contracting experts say the reality is quite a bit more complicated." By John Burnett. [NPR]

• Halliburton's High-Power Ties to U.S. Government

  http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1569364
  "The giant Texas-based corporation landed many lucrative Iraq reconstruction contracts, which many consider a problem because Cheney is Halliburton's former CEO. [John] Burnett reports that the company's high-profile federal government connections have existed since World War II." [NPR]

• Halliburton's Mission

  http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110004181
  Editorial by Dave Lesar, CEO of Halliburton. "The services for the military, in fact, produce a profit of only a few cents on the dollar -- we do this work because it is important." [Wall Street Journal]

 

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