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Waste, fraud and abuse commonplace in Iraq reconstruction effort

By R. Jeffrey Smith

$60-billion pipe dream for creation of a Western-style economy

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Inadequate planning for post-invasion Iraq

By The Center for Public Integrity

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

U.S. official says government wasted $6-8 billion in Iraq reconstruction

By Zach Toombs and Aaron Mehta

Military failure to secure Iraq after invasion

By The Center for Public Integrity

Excerpts from this story referencing "Coalition Provisional Authority":

"… asked to see a log book documenting $1.3 billion in fuel purchases by the Coalition Provisional Authority, “the log book could not be found.” Defense officials also could not p …"

Invasion of Iraq, 10 years later

By The Center for Public Integrity

A look back at the Center's coverage of the path to invasion and the cost of war.

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Inside a war-time contract

By André Verlöy

Contractors failing troops in Iraq and Afghanistan

By The Center for Public Integrity

Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg