So, it turns out that Senator Feinstein's hubby has a big piece of the action with a defense contractor. What are the odds that the Left will cry "URS" as an epithet instead of "Halliburton" anytime soon? Two chances, neighbors: slim and none.
A planning and engineering firm co-owned by U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein's husband has been awarded a five-year Pentagon contract that could be worth up to $600 million. San Francisco-based URS Corp. announced Monday that the Army had hired one of its divisions and a partner to help with troop mobilization, weapons system training and anti-terrorism assessment. Feinstein's husband, Richard Blum, serves on the company's board of directors and controls about 24 percent of its stock. The new contract is the latest lucrative defense job to be won by URS, which also works with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration among other federal departments. The firm was awarded an Army engineering and logistics contract in February that could be worth $3.1 billion over the next eight years.
Posted by Alan at April 22, 2003 04:51 PM