DRUDGE REPORT 2002®
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REVEALED: STREISAND BOUGHT EIGHT HUNDRED SHARES OF CHENEY'S HALLIBURTON
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Dissing Diva Barbra Streisand may be warning the nation about Vice President Dick Cheney and the evils of Republican big business interests, but a DRUDGE REPORT investigation can reveal: Streisand bought and traded 800 shares of HALLIBURTON -- while Dick Cheney was its chief executive!
IRS tax returns show Streisand invested tens of thousands of dollars in Dick Cheney's HALLIBURTON.
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Records show the HALLIBURTON stocks were purchased on April 21, 1999, while Cheney was the chief executive officer of the giant, one of the world's largest providers of products and services to the petroleum and energy industries.
The shares were sold eight months later for nearly $35,000, according the Schedule A form filed for the Barbra Streisand Foundation.
Streisand hit a sour note and took a loss $1838.82 on the deal.
In her confidential memo to Capitol Hill last week, Streisand warned Democrats not to ignore "the obvious influence on the Bush Administration of such special interests as the oil industry, the chemical companies, the logging industry, the defense contractors" and others.
"Many of these industries, run by big Republican donors and insiders, clearly have much to gain if we go to war against Iraq," Streisand noted.
Streisand could not be reached for comment on the HALLIBURTON stock play.
"Each year, The Streisand Foundation contributes to a wide variety of causes," the singer/actress explains on her website.
Not one to miss out on a hot trade, Streisand also invested in Rush Limbaugh's radio network, the DRUDGE REPORT can reveal.
On October 14, 2000, Streisand purchased 300 shares of CLEAR CHANNEL, Limbaugh's home, for nearly $15,000.
Later turning a profit of $118.89.
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