The President of Halliburton is urging the company’s 100,000 employees to write letters to newspapers and lawmakers to help improve Halliburton’s image. In a memo titled “Defending Our Company” president Dave Lesar claims that recent criticism of Halliburton is “inaccurate and unwarranted, and not based on the realities we face in Iraq.” Halliburton, which used to be run by Vice President Dick Cheney, has come under criticism after the Pentagon awarded it several no-bid contracts worth up to $7 billion to help rebuild Iraq. Two weeks ago, California Representative Henry Waxman accused Halliburton of overbilling the government by $200 million on the cost of importing gas. Cheney still receives about $150,000 in deferred payments from Halliburton. That is slightly less than the $186,000 Cheney receives annually for serving as Vice President.