Actually, Clinton went around the LOGCAP contract (which was awarded to DynCorp back then) and chose to use KBR (a subsidiary to Halliburton), which was a favorite contractor during the Clinton years.
In short, he ignored a competitive bid contract award to DynCorp and used who they considered the BEST contractor for the job at hand:
Haliburton.
If this administration had done this, they would have been eaten ALIVE in the press. Clinton makes this call and he gets a pass...
LOGCAP expired again in '01, where another competition was held between groups in the private sector. DynCorp lost this time and Halliburton won.
The National Review has an excellent article on Halliburton and the history of LOGCAP awards to contractors, but since I couldn't dig that one up, here's a similar article, though it's a bit more partisan in tone:
http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=15426
Long story short? The Bush administration was using Halliburton in accordance with the contract and gets blasted for playing by the rules.
