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Iraqi Clinic Project Exposed as Boondoggle

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A reconstruction contract for the building of 142 primary health centers across Iraq is running out of money, after two years and roughly $200 million, with no more than 20 clinics now expected to be completed, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers says. (Washington Post ^[1], Monday)

Raise your hand if you're surprised.

FEE Timely Classic
Most Outrageous Government Waste ^[2] by Thomas A. Schatz

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[1] Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/02/AR2006040201209.html

[2] Most Outrageous Government Waste: http://www.fee.org/publications/the-freeman/article.asp?aid=3782

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