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Iraq Watchdog Looks Back on Years of Reconstruction Waste
truthdig.com - 2/3/2009
Iraq Watchdog Looks Back on Years of Reconstruction Waste
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He’s back: Stuart Bowen , the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, has released a new volume in his series of blood-boiling reports. Looking back on his five years as a watchdog, Bowen laments the widespread waste of taxpayer funds in Iraq, and warns that the same ...
Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision
huffingtonpost.com - 2/2/2009
Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision
— huffingtonpost.com — WASHINGTON, Feb 2 (IPS) - CENTCOM commander Gen. David Petraeus, supported by Defence Secretary Robert Gates, tried... to convince President Barack Obama that he had to back down from his campaign pledge to withdraw all U.S. combat troops from Iraq ... (more) Generals Seek To Reverse Obama's Iraq Withdrawal Decision

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guardian.co.uk - 2/3/2009
William Shawcross: Democratic dawn in Iraq
— guardian.co.uk — The weekend's elections in Iraq were a huge success for the Iraqi people. The remarkably peaceful day... of voting on Saturday - and the interim results - give good reason to hope Iraq really is on the way to building a decent society. These provincial ... (more) William Shawcross: Democratic dawn in Iraq

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Chris Hill Tapped as Ambassador to Iraq
blogs.abcnews.com - 2/2/2009
Chris Hill Tapped as Ambassador to Iraq
— blogs.abcnews.com — ABC News' Martha Raddatz Reports: The Obama administration has tapped Ambassador Chris Hill, a career member of... the Senior Foreign Service, to be Ambassador to Iraq. Hill, the Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, served as... (more) Chris Hill Tapped as Ambassador to Iraq

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Iraq Watchdog Looks Back on Years of Reconstruction Waste
The Hollywood Liberal — ... trip to Iraq, he says in the report, he observed large quantities of cash moving out of the office of the comptroller for the Coalition Provisional Authority, after which he overheard someone say: “We can’t do that anymore. There is a new inspector general here.” Mr Bowen is concerned that the mistakes made in Iraq are being repeated in Afghanistan.“It’s too late to do the structural part and make it quickly applicable to Afghanistan,” he told the Washington Post. Read more READ THE WHOLE ITEM Related Entries [image] [image] The Peace Bus [image] READ ...

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