The oversight and investigations subcommittee, of the house armed services committee, concludes that after the expenditure of 22,000,000,000 “dollars” to train 346,500 Iraqi military and police forces security still cannot be guaranteed.   Some forces that have been trained have even engaged in sectarian, terrorist violence.

       [added 4/21/2024]

Subsequent Events:

7/7/2007                   7/31/2007                   11/12/2008                   4/27/2009

References:

22 Billion Dollars Later, Iraqi Forces Fall Short
www.bignewsnetwork.com

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,167,124,467,492

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