Bush admin has decided to not "seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction

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Subject: Progress Report: Violating the Law, Endangering Americans
Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2006 07:26:15 -0800
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IRAQ -- The Bush administration has decided to not "seek any new funds for Iraq reconstruction," seemingly dropping the economic track of its National Strategy for Victory in Iraq. Nearly half of the $18.4 billion U.S. rebuilding effort "was eaten away by the insurgency, a buildup of Iraq's criminal justice system and the investigation and trial of Saddam Hussein" and "tens of billions of dollars of work yet to be done merely to bring reliable electricity, water and other services to Iraq’s 26 million people." Average hours of electricity are still below prewar levels and in December, "the country's oil exports hit their lowest monthly level since U.S. forces overthrew Saddam Hussein in 2003."


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