BUSH APPOINTED PARTISANS AND CRONIES IN IRAQ
The Bush Administration publicly claims that it is pursuing "independent and
objective oversight"[1] of taxpayer money in Iraq. Yet even as Halliburton
overcharges for services in Iraq, its top auditor last week refused to
admonish the company, instead offering a justification for further taxpayer
rip offs.[2] But according to a new report, this should be no surprise: the
President specifically appointed auditors, investigators and budget officials
based on their partisan and corporate ties -- instead of their political
independence and experience.
As documented in a new American Prospect article,[3] the President appointed
a Pentagon Inspector General and a Coalition Provisional Authority Inspector
General with deep Republican Party ties -- despite those offices requiring
nonpartisan leadership to oversee taxpayer dollars. Similarly, the Bush
Administration appointed a Bush campaign donor whose law firm represented
construction contractors to run the budget office that oversees Iraqi
reconstruction.
See the full article with other examples at the American Prospect's website
at http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=44900.
Sources:
1. CPA-IG.org, July, 2004, http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=
44901.
2. "Mr. Glickman goes back to Washington," Houston Chronicle, 7/01/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=44902.
3. "These Dogs Don't Hunt," The American Prospect, 7/09/04,
http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2103488&l=44900.
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