Halliburton: Weapon of mass construction

t r u t h o u t - Halliburton is Principal Beneficiary of Iraq Reconstruction:
March 8, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers awarded Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), a Halliburton subsidiary a contract for $ 71.3 million (61 million Euros) to put Iraqi oil installations back in working order.

The decision provoked a hue and cry. Not only were the precise details of the contract not publicized, but, because of "urgency and the need to respect military secrecy" the Pentagon's procedure was discretionary, without bidding or competition.

The Bush administration was accused then, notably by Democratic members of Congress, of "favoritism" toward a company whose CEO from October 1995 to 2000 had been Dick Cheney, today Vice President of the United States.

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"KBR was in competition with two other companies for a decade to become the American army's exclusive supplier all over the world. 'Contracts of the United States government are not bestowed by politicians, but by bureaucrats as a function of precise and objective criteria', explains Wendy Hall, Halliburton spokesperson. 'To privatize this sort of logistical services allows the military to concentrate on their mission. Any allegation that this contract exists to facilitate uncontrolled expenses is false and without foundation. The Vice President has nothing to do with Halliburton obtaining this transaction.'
KBR got a similar contract between 1992 and 1999 to assure American troop support in the Balkans. It brought it $1.2 billion and was extended up to 2004. Overall, it was worth $1.8 billion."

So, the millions spent on KBR in Iraq is an outrage, but the billion dollars in Bosnia is just fine?