Another shrub cronie gets a fed contract

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Blurb in Tulsa news:

http://www.kotv.com/main/home/stories.asp?whichpage=1&id=80829


A new contract means big business for Tulsa's Wil-Tel Communications.

The company has announced a major deal with the federal government, worth $35-million.

Under the contract, Wil-Tel will provide the Department of Defense with Optical Wave services to connect various military bases
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and googling the company name to find their connections to shrub:

http://www.thedigest.com/90/90-6.html

1998:
Qwest, a multimedia communications company building the world's most advanced fiber optic network, today announced Roy Wilkens, founder and former CEO of WilTel, has joined its board of directors.

Wilkens was president of Williams Pipeline Co. when he founded WilTel as an operating unit of The Williams Companies Inc. in 1985. Under his leadership, WilTel grew rapidly into a full-service telecommunications company offering data, voice and video products and services, and was often recognized for its leading technologies.

In 1995, WilTel Network Services was acquired by LDDS Communications, which now operates under the name WorldCom. In 1997, Wilkens retired from WorldCom.

Wilkens has also been very active in the national telecommunications industry. In 1992, he was appointed by President George Bush to the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Council.