On 29 Aug 2004 23:54:07 GMT, "-=jd=-"
wrote:

Even if Kerry was in office instead of Bush, the gig would still have
quite likely been awarded to Halliburton/KBR simply because they've been
there, done that and can hit the ground running on *all* of the tasks
required.

But there's likely be a damned likely be higher level of
meaningful oversight.