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WASHINGTON
Congressional Democrats yesterday decried tens of millions dollars of waste in reconstruction aid for Iraq, as a new government report underscored a need for closer scrutiny of how the war is be-ing handled.
Legislators in the House and Senate said they planned hearings or legislation to deal with what they say is a grow-ing problem of abuse as the Bush administration struggles to get a grip on the war and contractors running it.
"Our troops are going without, even as government funds go to pay for such boondoggles as an Olympic-size swimming pool in an unused training camp," said a statement issued by the Senate Democratic Communications Center directed by Majority Leader Har-ry Reid, D-Nev.
"As the president is planning to send 21,500 more American service members into Iraq and asking for $1.2 billion in new reconstruction aid, Americans have every reason to question his spending priorities," it said ...
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