Talk:Restore Iraqi Oil

Correction of statement

I removed the following addition to the Restore Iraq Oil article:

Note: The above statement is not correct. KBR Halliburton never received a no-bid contract. Operation "Restore Iraqi Oil" was invoked under a contract that KBR won in a competitive bid process. The contract is referred to as LOGCAP (Logistical Civilian Augmentation Program) and is managed by the US Army. KBR won the first LOGCAP contract, Dyncorp the second, and KBR the current one, dubbed "LOGCAP III." It's a contingency-based contract that is invoked at the convenience of the Army. Because the contract is a kind of retainer, specific orders are not competitively bid (as the overall contract was) and thus the reason for the confusion.

When the contract was invoked during the Balkans crisis under the administration of President Clinton, there was no controversy and very little scrutiny of the contract. KBR performed under this agreement in the Balkans for over 10 years and still maintains a LOGCAP presence there to this day. It was only after the Second Gulf War that the LOGCAP contract was made a political issue by opponents of President Bush and Vice President Cheney.

This is not really an appropriate way to update the article. If you believe a previous statement in the article is incorrect, find a source, update the incorrect section (don't just add a note saying it's incorrect, fix it), and cite it appropriately. --JerryOrr 12:46, 28 February 2006 (UTC)