At the time of the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan, KBR was a wholly-owned subsidiary of the multinational conglomerate Halliburton, which was run by Dick Cheney until he ran for vice president.
Representative Liz Cheney, a rock-ribbed Republican raised by unflinching conservatives, is the rarest species of politician yet, the ambitious officeholder who risks her office to speak the unwelcome truth to her own side.