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Dresser Industries

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</p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;=</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">an 921 thom h</font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font><b style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Dick Cheney&nbsp;</b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">knew there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and that Saddam Hussein not only had nothing to do with 9/11 but actively hated and hunted down Bin Laden's Al Qaeda operatives so he could imprison or kill them. B</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: large; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">ut Cheney had run Halliburton into trouble, betting that if he picked up&nbsp;<a href="https://www.huffpost.com/entry/halliburton-and-cheney-wa_b_29635" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="text-decoration-line: none; opacity: 1; transition: color 0.25s ease 0s, background 0.25s ease 0s, opacity 0.25s ease 0s;">Dresser Industries on the cheap</a>&nbsp;that the Clinton administration would cover their asbestos liability. When he lost that bet and Halliburton was in trouble, a nice war with billions in no-bid contracts for the oil-company-turned-defense-contractor was just the grift he needed to both bail him out and make him fabulously rich....</span></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></p>