Dick Cheney
Analysis: Powell Lacked Clout With Bush
GEORGE GEDDA
Associated Press
WASHINGTON - The secretary of state often is described as the president's principal foreign policy adviser, but the definition does not always match reality. Certainly not in the case of Colin Powell.
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CHENEY MAY CHANGE THE FACE OF THE VICE PRESIDENCY
Sat Jan 15, 7:59 PM ET
By David M. Shribman
Dick Cheney (news - web sites) is the reason American politics is about to get more and more interesting.
Cheney is, of course, the vice president. He and President Bush (news - web sites) are about to begin their second terms. Since Richard M. Nixon won the Republican presidential nomination in 1960, the vice president has been expected to run for president. The principal exceptions have been Spiro T. Agnew and Nelson A. Rockefeller.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1316&ncid=742&e=13&u=/ucds/20050116/cm_ucds/cheneymaychangethefaceofthevicepresidency
UN told of US weaknesses in handling Iraqi oil
UNITED NATIONS: US handling of Iraq’s oil money after the defeat of Saddam Hussein was marked by weaknesses including problems tracking oil production and cash, a watchdog told the UN Security Council on Friday, diplomats said.
The criticisms follow accusations by US policymakers that the United Nations mismanaged a separate oil-for-food program for Iraq under Saddam. “These shortcomings (in the US management) have to be kept in mind when we judge the management of other programs such as oil-for-food,” said one council diplomat, speaking on condition of anonymity.
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_16-1-2005_pg4_3
U.S. defends management of Iraq's oil revenue after war against charges of poor management
EDITH M. LEDERER, Associated Press Writer
(01-14) 17:09 PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) --
At a time when U.S. officials have strongly criticized the management of the U.N. oil-for-food program in Iraq, the United States on Friday had to defend its own management of Iraq's oil revenue against charges of poor administration.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2005/01/14/international2009EST0739.DTL
Death Without Honors
For the families of contractors working in the outsourced Iraq war, there are no presidential letters or 21-gun salutes -- only shock and grief.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-contractors15jan15,0,6512607.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Halliburton: Court Orders Access to Suspects' Account
January 13, 2005
Posted to the web January 13, 2005
Mike Oduniyi
Lagos
An Abuja High Court has ruled that the House of Representatives Committee on Public Petition, currently investigating the alleged payment of $180 million bribe by Halliburton and TSKJ consortium for LNG contracts, be allowed access to the accounts of some of the suspects in the bribe scandal.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200501130698.html
Halliburton set to begin work in Iran
By Lisa Sanders
DALLAS (CBS.MW) -- Halliburton, under investigation for its operations in Iran, is set to begin oilfield services work in that country as a subcontractor for Oriental Kish, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.
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Halliburton Pays Dearly but Finally Escapes Cheney's Asbestos Mess
By Allan Sloan
Tuesday, January 11, 2005; Page E03
It's time for yet another Halliburton story -- but not the one you may be expecting. This isn't about the endlessly scrutinized Iraq contracting business of the big energy services company that Dick Cheney ran before he became vice president. And it's not about Halliburton's profit-boosting accounting change during Cheney's regime, or the scandals and problems currently affecting some of the firm's far-flung projects.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A64535-2005Jan10.html
Iran: Halliburton Involvement May Be Part Of Larger Diplomatic Effort
The involvement of the U.S. company Halliburton in a project to develop oil fields in Iran could be part of the larger effort to convince Iran to abandon any nuclear-weapons program it might have. That's the opinion of analysts looking at a new and controversial deal involving Halliburton and Iranian companies. U.S. law generally prohibits U.S. companies from operating in Iran, but exceptions are written into the law to allow such deals if they serve greater diplomatic ends. RFE/RL spoke to analysts to see what may be going on behind the scenes.
Washington, 11 January 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Details of the agreement are sketchy, but it likely involves a Halliburton subsidiary based outside of the United States and the Iranian companies Oriental Kish and Pars Oil and Gas.
Halliburton spokeswoman Wendy Hall yesterday appeared to distance the company from the deal. She was quoted as saying Oriental, not Halliburton, signed the main contract. Halliburton, in turn, would likely provide subcontracting services.
http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2005/01/e0a0a332-1150-42d1-b235-9e7198c82059.html
