On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 08:21:41 -0600, F. George McDuffee
wrote:

The question then becomes how did these person(s) get into [or
take] and retain their positions?

This has often been a huge puzzle.
Some actually worked their way up and have a clue what
the firm's business is though. But how many?

WHY & how were the rest aquired ????
IIRC Cheney, as an example, got to Halliburton as he was
met playing golf by a board member ....
--
Cliff