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Today's Washington Post
Security Costs Slow Iraq Reconstruction: Contract Excesses Also Hamper ProgressBy Renae Merle and Griff Witte
Washington Post Staff Writers
Friday, July 29, 2005; Page A01Efforts to rebuild water, electricity and health networks in Iraq are being shortchanged by higher-than-expected costs to provide security and by generous financial awards to contractors, according to a series of reports by government investigators released yesterday.
Taken together, the reports seem to run contrary to the Bush administration's upbeat assessment that reconstruction efforts are moving vigorously ahead and that the insurgency is dying down . . .