This is like saying a blowjob isn't sex

Yet the Bush Administration continues to insist that Halliburton never got special treatment for the contracts they received, even after lying to the government.

But Mr. Waxman persisted with questions about whether Halliburton had received preferential consideration in the award process even after the results of an audit by the Defense Department in January.

That audit, of a $2.1 billion contract with Kellogg Brown & Root, found that the company "failed to use current, accurate and complete information" in cost estimates.

Three days later, Halliburton won another contract, for $1.2 billion, from the Army Corps of Engineers.

But the government denies any preferential treatment. Riiiiiight.