In a March 11, 2003, article titled ‘Cheney under fire over spoils of war,’ The Evening Standard reported: “The company once headed by U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney is set to be a big corporate winner in the event of a war with Iraq that ended in U.S. victory. Houston-based oil services company Halliburton, which he led between 1995 and 2000, has already received one contract to put out fires in Iraq’s oilfields and assess damage in the event that military conflict results in burning production facilities.”
– Lauren Chambliss, “Cheney Comes Under Fire over Spoils of War,” The London Evening Standard, March 11, 2003