1:47:02
And of the secretary of energy said:
1:47:04
'We were caught unawares!'
1:47:08
In the middle of the war, Microsoft, DHO,
and other corporations
1:47:12
invited Halliburton to a conference
1:47:15
to figure out how much money
could be made in Iraq.
1:47:21
Having worked this uh,
uh effort even since before the invasion the,
1:47:28
the uh liberation of Iraq started.
1:47:31
You in this trade are definitely
a vital part of that effort.
1:47:35
We appreciate your, your interest in this.
We need you.
1:47:40
Now lots of you are small businesses
and you're struggling.
1:47:42
How do we get piece of this big action?
All of you the big guys are gonna get it
1:47:46
and the rest of us will have
subcontracting capability or no, none at all.
1:47:50
... USDDA is for you.
1:47:52
Once that oil starts flowing and money coming,
1:47:55
it's gonna be lots of money.
It's the second largest reserve, oil, in the world.
1:47:59
There's no question about how much money's there.
1:48:00
I've been getting complaints from Iraqi firms
1:48:03
and from American firms,
1:48:05
that the lack of transparency, the corruption...
1:48:08
I think the profits that American companies
1:48:10
are making, the major, the main companies,
1:48:13
are so overwhelming.
1:48:15
I mean, like when you have a line item
for a million dollars
1:48:18
and you subcontract it out for fifty,
or sixty, or seventy thousand dollars,
1:48:21
that's a huge profit. And it's the American
taxpayer that's gonna pay for that.
1:48:26
And it's gonna get better.
1:48:27
Start building a relationship,
1:48:29
because it's gonna get much better
1:48:31
as the oil flows and the budget increase
1:48:33
and the good news is whatever it costs
the government will pay you.
1:48:37
War is always good for certain companies...
1:48:40
I mean that are in the war, the business of war.
1:48:43
We're very proud of the work we're doing.
Again it's supporting the US government and the US military
1:48:49
And the real heroes of the campaign, the real heroes of the
reconstruction are the men and women of the US armed forces.
1:48:54
And we're very proud to be any part of that
that we can, in supporting them.
1:48:58
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