Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, testimony before the house oversight and investigations subcommittee, of the armed services committee, says that more than four years after “Mission Accomplished,” efforts to rebuild Iraq have become “economically stagnant.”

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Report Iraq Reconstruction Fails to Show Progress
www.nytimes.com/2007/10/19/world/middleeast/19reconstruct.html

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