I’m so weary of all these Bush/Cheney stories which, to me, are so obvious. Of course, that doesn’t mean I want the media to publish them, but it’s all so anti-climactic when they do finally tell us what we’ve known all along. You know, like when the story finally came out that yes, Bill Clinton did have sex with that woman. Really? Who’d have guessed?
And gee, who’d have ever thought that Dick Cheney would be interested in Halliburton getting government contracts? Today’s Story of the Obvious™ comes from Time Magazine via Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Pentagon e-mail said Vice President Dick Cheney’s office “coordinated” a multibillion-dollar Iraq reconstruction contract awarded to his former employer Halliburton, Time magazine reported on Sunday.
The e-mail, sent by an Army Corps of Engineers official on 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 w 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.
