Halliburton awarded $30M Gitmo contract

[IDemo]

Is this Cheney's way of driving a nail in the coffin of the Gitmo debate?

Thu Jun 16, 7:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Halliburton Co. unit will build a new $30 million detention facility and security fence at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, where the United States is holding about 520 foreign terrorism suspects, the Defense Department announced on Thursday.

The announcement comes the same week that Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld defended the jail after U.S. lawmakers said it had created an image problem for the United States.

http://politics.yahoo.com/s/nm/security_guantanamo_halliburton_dc

[Ishoutandscream2]

1. Oh, you are Cheneying kidding me!!!!!

Good grief!

[seemunkee]

2. I thought this was a task order against their existing contract

Not a new award

[suegeo]

3. Thank the Godess!

Dick Cheney was getting a little low on cash. He sure deserves this lucky break. :sarcasm:

[Lefty48197]

4. I'm shocked! SHOCKED I say!

no, not really. just business as usual in Bushmerica.