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Hailliburton Making Over $10 billion From War

In 2003, Vice President Cheney asserted, "Since I left Halliburton to become George W. Bush's vice president, I've severed all my ties with the company, gotten rid of all my financial interest. I have no financial interest in Halliburton of any kind and haven't had, now, for over three years."

That wasn't true in 2003, and it's not true now. In 2003, Cheney still received deferred compensation from the contracting behemoth and possessed more than 433,000 stock options, according to American Progress Report . Those options were worth $241,498 a year ago; they are now worth more than $8 million.

With Cheney in office, Halliburton has received more than $10 billion for work in Iraq and received one of the first no-bid contracts for work in the Gulf Coast.

Shouldn't we be talking about this?

HENRY E. LOWE