Vice President Dick Cheney's former company, the oil and gas infrastructure giant Halliburton, had a stock price close of $18.47 per share on 1/2/03. The war in Iraq began in March of 2003.
Cheney is still on Halliburton's payroll to the tune of at least one million dollars per year in "deferred compensation".
Yesterday's (2/8/05) stock price close for Halliburton was $40.60 per share.