They are not only the people who fight the oilfield fires, and feed the soldiers, they also the ones who ship in the bullets, they move stuff by plane and locomotive, they’re able to build tall buildings with a single bid.
They are Halliburton, and they have some problems. In recent weeks, the Pentagon and the State Department have started criminal investigations into accusations of overbilling. But a closer look at the largest American contractor in Iraq means going beyond the stories of kickbacks and ties to the vice president. Halliburton is the biggest. They say they are the best, but is this company also becoming the only game in town? Is Halliburton taking American taxpayers for a ride or making an otherwise untenable war possible?
Guests:
Rep. John Dingell, Democratic Congressman from Michigan
Jane Mayer, reporter for The New Yorker
Neil King, reporter for The Wall
Street Journal
Henry Bunting, Halliburton whistle-blower
Randy Karl, president of Kellogg, Brown and Root.