Stuart Bowen

Billions Of Lost Iraq Cash Finally Accounted For

The Huffington Post | Harry Bradford | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: Iraq War, Stuart Bowen, Iraq Reconstruction, Video, Department of Defense, U.S. Military, U.S. Currency, Joseph Stiglitz, Commission on Wartime Contracting, Los Angeles Times, Coalitional Provisional Authority, Iraq Conflict, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Business News

As the decade-long Iraq conflict finally comes to close, so too does the mystery of a stockpile of American cash worth billions lost during the war. ...

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Amanda Terkel

Embattled Afghan Watchdog Resigns As Calls For Oversight Grow

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stuart Bowen, John Tierney, Charles Grassley, Afghanistan, Afghanistan Corruption, Arnold Fields, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, Susan Collins, Tom Coburn, Chuck Grassley, Afghanistan Oversight, Sigar, Jason Chaffetz, Claire McCaskill, Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Arnold Fields, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, stepped down Monday amid widespread congressional dissatisf...

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U.S. Leaving Billions In 'Legacy Of Waste' In Iraq, Special Inspector General Says

Los Angeles Times | Liz Sly, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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Khan Bani Saad, Iraq -- The shell of a prison that will never be used rises from the desert on the edge of this dusty town north of Baghdad, a hulking...

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Iraq Corruption: 50 New Fraud Investigations Involving Americans In $150 Billion Program

New York Times | JAMES GLANZ | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Dod, Contractors, Congress, Department of Defense, US Military, Netherlands, Ghana, Regulation, Oversight, US, Wire Transfers, Fraud, Stuart Bowen, Switzerland, Treasury, Baghdad, Britian, Gao, Iraq, Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, World News

Investigators looking into corruption involving reconstruction in Iraq say they have opened more than 50 new cases in six months by scrutinizing large...

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Waste, Fraud In Iraq Being Repeated In Afghanistan

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stuart Bowen, Special Report, Ginger Cruz, Reconstruction, Rebuilding, Iraq, Afghanistan, Hard Lessons, Investigation, World News

WASHINGTON — Waste and corruption that marred Iraq's reconstruction will be repeated in Afghanistan unless the U.S. transforms the unwieldy bure...

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My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stuart Bowden, Ted Stevens, Jesse Jackson Jr, Ron Paul, Guantanamo, Al Franken, Best Government Dollar Spent, 50 State Strategy, Mccain, Primary Schedule, Awards, China, Worst Political Theater, Drill Baby Drill, Sarah Palin, Most Overreported Story, Andrew Cuomo, First Cat, Howard Dean, Socks the Cat, 2008, Bailout, Sofa, Condoleezza Rice, Katie Couric, Worst Political Scandal, John Edwards, Status of Forces, Sorry to See You Go, Health Care, Aids, Global Warming, Gravel, Election 2008 Coverage, Alaska, Bobby Jindal, Thomas Tamm, Reconstruction, Joe the Plumber, Tony Snow, Bernanke, Democrat, Letterman, Socks Clinton, Most Underrated, Democrats, Barack Obama, Best Idea, Predictions, George Carlin, 15 Minutes of Fame, Honorable Mention, Michigan, Hybrid, Wiretapping, Fred Thompson, Hillary Clinton, Executive Experience, Maliki, Caribou Barbie, Best Spin, Stuart Bowen, Destined for Political Oblivion, Kucinich, Jesse Helms, Private Jet, Beijing, Truth Commission, Going Green, Iraq, Most Overrated, Isaac Hayes, Spitzer, Caroline Kennedy, Bush, Wright, Blagojevich, Paulson, Bo Diddley, Mclaughlin, Unemployment, Inauguration, Destined for Political Stardom, Biggest Government Waste, Snl, Florida, Socks, Primary, Africa, Whistleblower, Best Political Theater, Most Underreported Story, Boldest Political Tactic, Castro, David Plouffe, Jeremiah Wright, Olympics, Harvey Korman, Beau Biden, Bernie Mac, Free Speech Zone, Wall Street, Chris Weigant, Oil, Most Honest Person, Socialism, Michael Crichton, Arthur C. Clarke, Saturday Night Live, Tina Fey, Worst Idea, David Letterman, Tamm, Wurzelbacher, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Love her or hate her, you have to admit that John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin for the Republican ticket this year was without any doubt the boldest political tactic of the year.

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War Crimes and Incompetence -- the Real Shoes Thrown at Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Last week the Senate Armed Services Committee released a report which basically called Bush and his entire National Security Council war criminals.

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Over $4 Billion Wasted In Iraq Reconstruction, Government Inspector Estimates

AP | BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Parsons of Pasadena, Corruption, Iraq Corruption, Waste, Iraq Contractors, Iraq, Stuart Bowen, Politics News

BAGHDAD — In the flatlands north of Baghdad sits a prison with no prisoners. It holds something else: a chronicle of U.S. government waste, misg...

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Staff Alleges Abuse By Top Iraq Auditor

Washington Post | Robin Wright | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stuart Bowen, Stuart W. Bowen, Stuart W. Bowen Jr, Ginger Cruz, SIGIR Staff Abuse, SIGIR Bowen, Warwire, Sigir, Politics News

Federal investigators called at least nine current and former employees of the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction before ...

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