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Greyskye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-14-05 11:48 PM
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3. silver lining?
This is the kind of thing that makes the real conservatives (as opposed to neo-conservatives) grind their teeth in frustration. I believe it's also one of the few types of things that will finally make them jump off of the * bandwagon.

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...recent report by the inspector general for Iraqi reconstruction that concluded that the governing authority had inadequate controls over $8.8 billion in Iraqi funds it was supposed to oversee. Former administrator L. Paul Bremer has denied those allegations. Dorgan said Democrats had attempted to get Republican colleagues to hold hearings on the issue but were unsuccessful.

"There is a massive amount of waste, fraud and abuse going on here, and nobody seems to care very much," Dorgan said.
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