Obama: My Plan Will 'Spread The Wealth Around'

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Originally Posted by Mavdog

are you aware of the multiple lawsuits that have been filed because the current administration will not reveal the minutes of meetings where decisions such as these contracts were made?

yes, "finding a problem is another thing" when the information is hidden from the public.

it isn't an attempt to blame or demonize halliburton, it just isn't good/sound business to not have competitive bidding on contracts, especially multi billion dollar goverment contracts.

We still don't know the details behind the decision.
The Administration and Top Brass have national security reasons at stake and I suspect that the minutes of the meetings will be "classified" for 30 years.
That still doesn't mean corruption/fraud occured.
It is still hard to argue that Halliburton was a bad choice since they have been successful.

And, I'll add that McCain agrees with you. He insisted on open bidding on the refueling tankers that resulted in picking AirBus over Boeing. But, that was a contract not directly involved with a specific military action. It is hard to compare picking Halliburton to play directly in the Sand Box and issue of picking AirBus over Boeing for refueling tankers.