In which case Genie suggest to Obama that the US Government do away with Frame Agreement Contracts and award all work on a competitive bid basis. It will provide great opportunities, increase the risks and probabilities of complete screw ups, delay the completion of the work required to be done and dramatically increase the costs of government in evaluating all those bids and awarding the work. It was precisely to avoid all these pitfalls that Frame Agreement Contracts were thought of.

Any conflict of interest issues with regard to Dick Cheney's former employment and him running as VP of the USA were thoroughly investigated and gone into prior to the 2000 Presidential election campaign Bobert. You might not have liked the outcome, but those responsible for doing the checking were quite content with what they found. As to his "pay" Bobert, are you referring to all that money he declared, as he had to, and all that money he donated to charity.

Yes Bobert you did go into all of this at the time - the dog didn't hunt then, it isn't hunting now - no case to answer, move on, get over it.