Halliburton's involvement in the Iraq reconstruction effort has been controversial since it won a multi-billion no-bid contract in 2003.

CNN: Democrats want Cheney-Halliburton probe

Bechtel actually got a brand-new hundred-million dollar no-bid contract.

NPR: Post-Katrina Contractors in the Gulf Region

But if a fix for Boeing is all they want, why not just no-bid the contract and spare us the influence peddling?

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