Bush issues impassioned fatwa: "We will not tolerate fraud" [View All]

Senate Democrats issued a report saying the U.S. faces a reconstruction gap. While the administration cites the number of new schools built, roads paved and businesses created, "the simple fact is that basic needs — jobs, essential services, health care — remain unmet," according to the report obtained by The Associated Press.

"Iraq's economic progress has fallen significantly short of administration's goals," the Democratic report said. "Clearly, efforts to grow Iraq's economy have been challenging because Saddam Hussein left his nation's economic infrastructure in shambles. However, the Bush administration has exacerbated the challenge by its poor planning and policies." Billions of dollars have been lost waste, fraud and abuse, the report said.

Bush noted that the infiltration of militia groups and Iraqi security forces, especially the Iraqi police, is a problem. He said corruption also remains a problem at both the national and local levels of the Iraqi government.

"We will not tolerate fraud," Bush said. "Our embassy in Baghdad is helping to demand transparency and accountability for the money being invested in reconstruction. ... The Iraqi people expect money to be spent openly and honestly, and so do the American people."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051207/ap_on_go_pr_wh/us_iraq_15

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