Thursday, June 03, 2004

Democrats Ask Special Halliburton/Cheney Counsel

Democrats Ask Special Halliburton/Cheney Counsel

Wed Jun 2, 6:40 PM ET

By Susan Cornwell

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - House Democrats urged a special counsel on Wednesday to probe whether Vice President Dick Cheney broke the law through any involvement in the award of a government contract in Iraq to his old company, Halliburton Co.

For the second day running, Democrats demanded more answers to questions raised by a newly unearthed Army e-mail that said Cheney's office "coordinated" action on a contract to rebuild Iraq's oil infrastructure that was awarded to Halliburton...



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