It is nice to know that our administration has its plans so well set out. Thank goodness they secured the oil fields in order to hand them over to Halliburton with some non-competitive contracts.
"The Army Corps of Engineers has said a contract awarded without competition to a subsidiary of Halliburton Co. basically gives the company the power to run all phases of Iraq's oil industry.
U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., who asked for more details on the Halliburton contract, said, "It now appears ... that the contract with Halliburton -- a company with close ties to the administration -- can include 'operation' of Iraqi oil fields and 'distribution' of Iraqi oil."

Indeed:
"Officials previously had said the multimillion-dollar contract dealt only with putting out oil well fires and performing emergency repairs as needed.
But responding to Waxman, Lt. Gen. Robert Flowers of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said the company would: put out oil well fires and assess the facilities; clean up oil spills or other environmental dangers at the sites; repair or reconstruct damaged infrastructure; operate facilities; and distribute products."