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U.S. Companies to Get Iraq Reconstruction Contracts, Post Says
2003-03-21 05:10 (New York)
Washington, March 21 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Agency for
International Development said it will soon award seven contracts
to American companies for reconstruction of Iraq after the
invasion and occupation of the Middle East country, the Washington
Post reported.
Andrew Natsios, the agency's administrator, said one reason
for selecting only U.S. companies is the need for staff to have
security clearance, because ``there are classified documents they
have to see,'' according to the newspaper.
He and other officials said it's likely that long-term
reconstruction will include United Nations agencies and other
international organizations, which will presumably give contracts
to non-U.S. companies, the Post reported.
Recently, the paper said, it's been reported that USAID has
limited the selection process for the biggest contracts to a few
U.S. corporations, some of them with links to the Bush
administration; they include Halliburton Co., the world's second-
biggest oilfield-services company, of which Vice President Dick
Cheney was chairman and CEO until August 2000.
(Washington Post online edition 3-21)
For the Washington Post's Web site, see {WPST <GO>}.
--Alan Purkiss in the London newsroom (44 20) 7330 7760, or
apurkiss@bloomberg.net. Editor: Peterson
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