<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Reconstructing Iraq</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/business/specials/wariniraq?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><description>Reconstructing Iraq</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[Contractor, Army Office Fell Short, Audit Finds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10772-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10772-2005Apr22.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A controversial British firm responsible for a $293 million U.S. Army security contract in Iraq could not prove that its armed employees received proper weapons training or that it had vetted Iraqi employees to ensure they did not pose a threat, according to a government audit released yesterday.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senate Approves Spending Bill]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7684-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7684-2005Apr21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The Senate unanimously approved yesterday an $81 billion bill to finance the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, provide relief to Asian tsunami victims and construct a massive embassy in Baghdad.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[$212.3 Million in  KBR Charges Questioned]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44925-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44925-2005Apr11.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon auditors have questioned $212.3 million  --  about 13 percent  --  of $1.69 billion that a Halliburton Co. subsidiary charged the government over the past few years, mostly for importing fuel to Iraq under a no-bid contract.]]></description><author> Charles R. Babcock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Says U.S. Law Applicable in  Iraq Contracts]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20165-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20165-2005Apr1.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Justice Department gave critical support yesterday to whistle-blowers in a federal lawsuit against a U.S. security contractor, concluding that the company can be held liable for allegedly defrauding authorities in Iraq of tens of millions of dollars.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Approved  as World Bank Leader]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17519-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17519-2005Mar31.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Approval comes two weeks after President Bush nominated the former deputy defense secretary, a move that will put a Bush administration appointee at the helm of the giant anti-poverty institution for the first time.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Unlikely Meeting of the Minds]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14232-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14232-2005Mar30.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Groups of conservative Republicans have joined with environmental advocates such as the Natural Resources Defense Council to lobby Congress to spend $12B to cut oil use in half by 2025.]]></description><author> Greg Schneider</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Wolfowitz Closing In on World Bank Post]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55122-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55122-2005Mar21.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Deputy Defense Secretary Paul D. Wolfowitz closed in  on  the presidency of the World Bank Monday when  Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said  Germany would not try to block Wolfowitz's candidacy.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ex-KBR Worker Tied to Iraq Contract Fraud]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45442-2005Mar17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A former manager for a Halliburton Co. subsidiary and an alleged accomplice in Kuwait defrauded the U.S. government out of nearly $4 million by inflating the price of supplying fuel tankers for military operations in Kuwait in 2003, prosecutors said yesterday.]]></description><author> Charles R. Babcock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Paul Wolfowitz Picked to Head  World Bank]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39858-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39858-2005Mar16.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[President Bush has nominated the controversial deputy secretary of defense, and key architect of the Iraq War, to lead World Bank.]]></description><author> Paul Blustein  and Peter Baker</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Audit Questions Halliburton's Costs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35138-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35138-2005Mar14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Pentagon auditors found more than $100 million in questionable costs in one section of a massive, no-bid Halliburton Co. contract for delivering fuel to Iraq, according to a summary of their report released yesterday by congressional Democrats.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Few Good Recruits]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58237-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58237-2005Feb27.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Through broad initiatives and individual requests, corporations have been actively recruiting veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, turning military hospitals into de facto hiring centers.<br><FONT face="verdana,MS Sans Serif,arial,helvetica" size="-2" color="#666666"><B>- The Washington Post</B></FONT>]]></description><author> Ellen McCarthy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Army Backs Bonuses  To KBR]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51881-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51881-2005Feb24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Army announced yesterday that it has approved $9.4 million in bonus payments to a Halliburton Co. subsidiary on more than $1 billion in work supporting the war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan, even though the government hasn't approved final costs and terms.]]></description><author> Charles R. Babcock</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Justice Dept. Weighs Status of Interim Authority In Iraq Case]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33669-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33669-2005Feb17.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The Justice Department yesterday asked a federal judge for more time to consider taking a legal position that could have far-reaching implications for the handling of alleged contractor misdeeds in Iraq under the Coalition Provisional Authority.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Democrats Told About  Contract Abuse in Iraq]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24468-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24468-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[A government contractor defrauded the Coalition Provisional Authority of tens of millions of dollars in Iraq reconstruction funds and the Bush administration has done little to try to recover the money, an attorney for two whistle-blowers told Democratic lawmakers Monday.]]></description><author> Griff Witte</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bush Requests $82B in Emergency War Funding]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23018-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23018-2005Feb14.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[The move by President Bush makes good on a pledge to dramatically scale up efforts to train and equip Iraqi security forces ahead of an eventual U.S. withdrawal.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Halliburton Payments Won't Be Withheld]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61958-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61958-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[In a departure from normal policy, the Army said yesterday it will not withhold future payments to Halliburton Co., despite audit reports last summer that said the giant logistical contractor had not properly accounted for a wide variety of work in Iraq and Kuwait.]]></description><author> Robert O'Harrow Jr.</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iraqi Subcontractor Recounts Abduction]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62213-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A62213-2005Feb3.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Many contracting executives are so concerned about the safety of employees that they refuse to speak publicly on the topic. Privately, they say that the risk of kidnapping impairs their operations severely.]]></description><author> Ellen McCarthy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Record Federal Deficit Forecast for 2005]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35029-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35029-2005Jan25.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Additional war spending this year will push the federal deficit to a record $427 billion for fiscal 2005, effectively thwarting President Bush's pledge to begin stanching the flow of government red ink, according to new administration budget forecasts unveiled Tuesday.]]></description><author> Jonathan Weisman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Defense Business Boosts CACI Profit 44%]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33915-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A33915-2005Jan24.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[CACI International Inc., an Arlington government contractor, said recent acquisitions of companies doing business with the Defense Department and intelligence agencies helped boost its second-quarter profit.]]></description><author> Ellen McCarthy</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Senators Criticize Lockheed Proposal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5045-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5045-2005Jan12.html?nav=rss_business/specials/wariniraq</guid><pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2005 13:15:53 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[Two dozen senators Wednesday criticized a Pentagon proposal that would eliminate Lockheed Martin Corp.'s C-130J Hercules aircraft to save nearly $5 billion over the next six years.]]></description><author> Renae Merle</author></item></channel></rss>
