It reported in June that the Halliburton subsidiary had been the only company "in a position to provide the services within the required time."

The strategy outlined that day, in early May, hinged on the idea of a contained bankruptcy, in which asbestos liability was limited to Halliburton subsidiaries.

Her two brothers, however, quit their jobs with Kellogg Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary, last week.

Western oil companies, including a Halliburton subsidiary, work with the Iranians, planning new oil pipelines to increase their output.

The contract also allows Kellogg Brown & Root, the Halliburton subsidiary, to earn as much as 7 percent profit.

Then, in June 2001, the Washington Post revealed that in fact two Halliburton subsidiaries were doing business with Iraq.

The real story is that the Halliburton subsidiary, Kellogg, Brown & Root, won an open competition to provide the service support for overseas troops.

So what was that Halliburton subsidiary doing there?

In the end, the Army decided to pay the Halliburton subsidiary all but $3.81 million of the $208 million in fuel-related costs questioned by auditors.

That "task order," under a running contract, went to Kellogg, Brown & Root, a Halliburton subsidiary.