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To: Ilaine who wrote (142174)	7/31/2004 7:10:54 AM
From: Sig	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

And the good news is this.... <<<<U.S. lawmakers and others have said the administration has moved too slowly in converting $18 billion in reconstruction aid into projects on the ground in Iraq. To date only $458 million has been spent, officials said, blaming red tape.>>> The Press tends to emphasize what the insurgents have destroyed, with little note of what has been accomplished. By moving slowly on the spending , the terrorists and their wrecking crews have had access to only 1/36 th of the of the appropriated constructions or equipment to destroy. With security improving - NATO is going in and they will not be driven out as was the RC and UN - the balance of funds can be applied more effectively. Its a case where a change in plans ( for spending the money fast) was called for and implemented. And once again the Administration can be accused of changing plans - the plans that many claimed did not exist. Sig