Jun. 17, 2003

Post-War Rebuild Contracts Bypassed Normal Channels

Forum Column - By Jeffrey A. Lowe - The United States is about to embark on the largest post-war reconstruction project since the Marshall Plan after World War II. Federal spending on post-war reconstruction projects in Iraq will reach into the billions of dollars and will benefit some of America's largest companies. The secretive process of awarding large government contracts has created a need for new federal legislation to address the issue of how taxpayer money is going to be spent in Iraq.