Halliburton to open new corporate HQ in Dubai
March 12th, 2007 . by joe
This pisses me off. The government awarded this company billions of dollars worth of no-bid contracts (thank you Vice President Dick Cheney!) and they’re now moving to Dubai!?!? The money’s not even staying in the US now!
U.S. oil services firm Halliburton Co. is moving its headquarters and chief executive to Dubai in a move that immediately sparked criticism from some U.S. politicians.
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“This is an insult to the U.S. soldiers and taxpayers who paid the tab for their no-bid contracts and endured their overcharges for all these years,” said judiciary committee chairman Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat.
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