WPR
In its just-released final audit report
(.pdf), the Office of the Special Inspector General for Iraq
Reconstruction Funds (SIGIR) last week warned that billions of U.S.
dollars may have been wasted or misappropriated in the process of
reconstructing Iraq. While reports of waste surfaced early in the
post-invasion occupation of Iraq, problems have also plagued the
transition since 2010 from a military- to a civilian-led U.S. mission in
Iraq. Many of those shortcomings came to light during a recent hearing
by the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee to assess the
interagency effort in Iraq now that all U.S. combat troops have left the
country.
After Aug. 31, 2010, the official U.S. role in Iraq changed from a military mission led by the Defense Department, to a primarily civilian mission, called “New Dawn,” led by the State Department. This transition concluded on Dec. 18, 2011, when the last units of U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) left the country and State assumed exclusive leadership for the official U.S. presence.
After Aug. 31, 2010, the official U.S. role in Iraq changed from a military mission led by the Defense Department, to a primarily civilian mission, called “New Dawn,” led by the State Department. This transition concluded on Dec. 18, 2011, when the last units of U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) left the country and State assumed exclusive leadership for the official U.S. presence.
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