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Waste, Fraud In Iraq Being Repeated In Afghanistan

AP | RICHARD LARDNER | Posted 03.05.2009 | World


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

My 2008 "McLaughlin Awards" [Part 2]

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.26.2009 | Politics

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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.

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

Chris Weigant | Posted 01.15.2009 | Politics


Chris Weigant

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

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

AP | BRIAN MURPHY and PAULINE JELINEK | Posted 08.05.2008 | Politics


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...

Staff Alleges Abuse By Top Iraq Auditor

Washington Post | Robin Wright | Posted 04.06.2008 | Politics


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