Iraq War Spending

Iraq War Spending Bill Passes By Congress

AP | CHARLES BABINGTON | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON — The Senate passed a $162 billion war spending plan Thursday, sending to President Bush legislation that will pay for operations in ...

Army Official Fired For Refusing To Pay Questionable Contractor

The New York Times | James Risen | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics


WASHINGTON -- The Army official who managed the Pentagon's largest contract in Iraq says he was ousted from his job when he refused to approve paying ...

Do As We Say, Not As We Do: How financial corruption will cripple Middle East fledgling democracies.

Dina Rasor | Posted 12.31.2007 | Politics


Dina Rasor

By now, many know the story of how the US lost track of around $9 billion in Iraqi assets and how corruption by US contractors and the Iraqi governme...

Max Follmer

As Congress Caves On Iraq War Funding, '08 Dems Go Silent

HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 12.10.2007 | Politics


Days after congressional Democrats signaled their intention to reverse course and provide President Bush with tens of billions in new Iraq war spendin...

Democrats Say No '07 War Funding Without A Withdrawal Plan

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 11.16.2007 | Politics


Nearly a year after anti-war voters put them in power, congressional Democrats remain unable to pass legislation ordering troops home from Iraq. Frust...

Bush Wants Record-High $200 Billion For War In '08

Los Angeles Times | Posted 09.22.2007 | Politics


After smothering efforts by war critics in Congress to drastically cut U.S. troop levels in Iraq, President Bush plans to ask lawmakers next week to a...