Halliburton has become the object of several controversies involving the
2003 Iraq War and the company's ties to former U.S. Vice President
Dick Cheney. Cheney retired from the company during the
2000 U.S. presidential election campaign with a severance package worth $36 million.
[41] As of 2004, he had received $398,548 in
deferred compensationfrom Halliburton while Vice President.
[42] Cheney was chairman and CEO of Halliburton Company from 1995 to 2000 and has received stock options from Halliburton.
[43]
In the run-up to the Iraq war, Halliburton was awarded a $7 billion contract for which 'unusually' only Halliburton was allowed to bid.
[44] Under U.S. law, the government uses single-bid contracts for a number of reasons, to include when in the view of the Government, only one organization is capable of fulfilling the requirement.
*...that's the same dick cheney who was vice pres under bush and who, whilst bush was reading books to primary kids, was in charge making decisions whilst 9/11 was happening