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State Department will inherit reconstruction duties in Iraq when troops leave

By Laurel Adams

May 16, 2011

IG questions whether State Department is ready to take over many reconstruction tasks in Iraq

Excerpts from this story referencing "Iraq":

"… he Iraq reconstruction effort. …"

"… once troops leave. The latest report by the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction reveals daunting transition tasks for State: closing recons …"

"… teams in provincial areas, opening diplomatic posts in volatile regions of Iraq, taking over the police force development and doubling civilian personnel …"

"… urrently.These ambitious efforts coincide with a period of instability, in Iraq and across the Middle East. In recent months thousands of Iraqis have prot …"

Interview: Unprecedented opportunity

By The Center for Public Integrity

March 2, 2005

Rami Khouri, a veteran editor and reporter who currently serves as editor-at-large for the Lebanese English language newspaper, The Daily St

Vast undercount of war contractors by defense tracking system

By Nick Schwellenbach

October 30, 2009

Nearly one-quarter of defense contractor employees deployed in Afghanistan, Iraq, Kuwait and elsewhere in Southwest Asia — some 74,000 emplo

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Winning contractors

By The Center for Public Integrity and The Center for Public Integrity

October 30, 2003

U.S. contractors reap the windfalls of post-war reconstruction

The price of independence: $1 billion

By Marina Walker Guevara

May 30, 2007

Once-loyal Turkey passed up aid to maintain its own Iraq policy

Baghdad bonanza

By Bill Buzenberg

November 19, 2007

The top 100 private defense contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan from 2004-2006

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Windfalls of War: A decade of keeping government spending accountable

By Sandy Johnson

September 2, 2011

Tracking the cost of war in Iraq and Afghanistan, $1 trillion and up

Military failure to secure Iraq after invasion

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Plans and troop numbers to secure post-Saddam Iraq were inadequate

Failure to secure weapons in Iraq

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Looting of poorly protected weapons depots in Iraq helped arm Iraqi insurgents

190,000 missing weapons in Iraq

By The Center for Public Integrity

December 10, 2008

Lack of central records system for weapons distributed in Iraq means that missing weapons may be in the hands of insurgents

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