And the Houston Chronicle is reporting that a top executive from Halliburton has been appointed to be new senior advisor to the Iraqi Oil Ministry.

The man, Robert McKee III is the chairman of Houston-based Enventure Global Technology, an oil-field joint venture owned by Shell and Halliburton, the oil services company formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney that has received billions of dollars in contracts in rebuilding Iraq.

Rep. Henry Waxman of California, one of Halliburton’s chief critics, said “Given Mr. McKee’s close relationship with Halliburton, he’s an odd choice to hold them accountable for the billions of dollars they are charging American taxpayers.”