From Waxman's Oversight Committee website:
Documents provided to the Oversight Committee show that Administration officials knew about Hunt Oil’s interest in the Kurdish region months in advance, contradicting claims that Administration officials were caught off-guard and opposed Hunt Oil’s actions. In a letter sent to Secretary Rice, Chairman Waxman requested information about the U.S. role in the efforts of other oil companies to obtain Iraqi contracts.
Letter to Secretary Rice
And Kurdish contract is connected to Bush's friend, Ray Hunt.
In New York Times Op-Ed, columnist Paul Krugman reported that Ray Hunt “is a close political ally of Mr. Bush.” He continued, “More than that, Mr. Hunt is a member of the president’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, a key oversight body.”
Documents provided to the Oversight Committee show that Administration officials knew about Hunt Oil’s interest in the Kurdish region months in advance, contradicting claims that Administration officials were caught off-guard and opposed Hunt Oil’s actions. In a letter sent to Secretary Rice, Chairman Waxman requested information about the U.S. role in the efforts of other oil companies to obtain Iraqi contracts.
Letter to Secretary Rice
And Kurdish contract is connected to Bush's friend, Ray Hunt.
In New York Times Op-Ed, columnist Paul Krugman reported that Ray Hunt “is a close political ally of Mr. Bush.” He continued, “More than that, Mr. Hunt is a member of the president’s Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, a key oversight body.”
Krugman went on to note, “By putting his money into a deal with the Kurds, despite Baghdad’s disapproval, he’s essentially betting that the Iraqi government—which hasn’t met a single one of the major benchmarks Mr. Bush laid out in January—won’t get its act together.”
Hunt is also on the board of directors of Halliburton, the company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney. In 2000, Hunt was one of 241 Bush “pioneers”—meaning he raised more than $100,000 for the Bush presidential campaign. He was finance chairman for the Republican National Committee’s Victory 2000 Committee.
A report on the web site HalliburtonWatch.org from August 2004 notes that Hunt “serves as chairman of the board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, an industry trade group that advises the president on energy policy. Vice President Cheney also served as a member of the Council during his tenure as CEO for Halliburton.”
Hunt’s position on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board places him in close contact with the intelligence establishment in the US. In 2005, along with Hunt, Bush appointed 11 other members, including Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission and former Democratic congressman; William DeWitt, a close Bush supporter who helped Bush make his millions in his dealings with Harken Energy and the Texas Rangers; Donald Evans, long-time Texas oil man, Bush supporter and former secretary of commerce; and Martin Faga, former director of the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates US spy satellites.
Another factor behind the Hunt deal is concern within the administration over the growing interest in Kurdish oil expressed by other foreign powers—including China and Iran. A January 2007 report by the BBC noted “an increasing foreign interest in the future of Kurdistan’s oil.” The article cited Jerry Kisler, a US oil expert who was advising the KRG, who said Iran’s activity had been particularly notable. More on the story.
Hunt is also on the board of directors of Halliburton, the company formerly run by Vice President Dick Cheney. In 2000, Hunt was one of 241 Bush “pioneers”—meaning he raised more than $100,000 for the Bush presidential campaign. He was finance chairman for the Republican National Committee’s Victory 2000 Committee.
A report on the web site HalliburtonWatch.org from August 2004 notes that Hunt “serves as chairman of the board for the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas and is a member of the National Petroleum Council, an industry trade group that advises the president on energy policy. Vice President Cheney also served as a member of the Council during his tenure as CEO for Halliburton.”
Hunt’s position on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board places him in close contact with the intelligence establishment in the US. In 2005, along with Hunt, Bush appointed 11 other members, including Lee Hamilton, vice chairman of the 9/11 Commission and former Democratic congressman; William DeWitt, a close Bush supporter who helped Bush make his millions in his dealings with Harken Energy and the Texas Rangers; Donald Evans, long-time Texas oil man, Bush supporter and former secretary of commerce; and Martin Faga, former director of the National Reconnaissance Office, which operates US spy satellites.
Another factor behind the Hunt deal is concern within the administration over the growing interest in Kurdish oil expressed by other foreign powers—including China and Iran. A January 2007 report by the BBC noted “an increasing foreign interest in the future of Kurdistan’s oil.” The article cited Jerry Kisler, a US oil expert who was advising the KRG, who said Iran’s activity had been particularly notable. More on the story.
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