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How Much Money Did U.S. Waste in Iraq Reconstruction?

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Marine Corps HMMWVs of 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment (1/3), roll through Hadithah, Iraq, during a vehicle patrol. 1st Battalion, 3d Marines is deployed with Regimental Combat Team 2, II Marine Expeditionary Force (FWD) in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in the Al Anbar Province of Iraq (MNF-W) to develop the Iraqi Security Forces, facilitate the development of official rule of law through democratic government reforms, and continue the development of a market based economy centered on Iraqi Reconstruction. photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl Stephen M. Kwietniak (Wikimedia Commons)

U.S. official says government wasted $6-8 billion in Iraq reconstruction The special inspector general for Iraq tallies the loss of U.S. taxpayer funds at more than 11 percent of the billions spent by Zach Toombs for iWatch News [...]