U.S. money, Iraqi reconstruction
Before he left Iraq, Chief of Engineers and Commanding General of USACE Lt. Gen. Van Antwerp talks about what went well, what could have been done differently and what engineering and reconstruction support will remain in Iraq as U.S. forces draw down to 50,000 end-August 2010.BAGHDAD - Ten percent of the more than $50 billion in U.S. funded reconstruction projects in Iraq have been administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
It hasn’t been easy. Nearly every aspect of the U.S. effort here has been dogged by critics of faulty planning and budgeting or projects that came in sub-par or over-budget.
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