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November 16, 2007
Republicans Attempted to Replace Stuart Bowen with Howard Krongard
Rolling Stone retreads an old story and reminds readers that congressional Republicans once tried to replace Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen with Howard "Cookie" Krongard, the State Department inspector general now accused by Democrats of covering up and thwarting numerous investigations in Iraq:
....you may remember that one of the last acts of the GOP controlled congress in 2006 was an attempt -- ultimately reversed -- to cut off funding for the special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, Stuart Bowen, a longtime friend of Bush’s from Texas who earned the contempt of his political patrons by actually doing his job. The Republican efforts would have shut down his office -- which has exposed billions in waste, fraud, and abuse in Iraq -- and have turned over his duties to … you guessed it … Cookie Krongard.
I think the jury is still out on Bowen's work, but otherwise, here's the Rolling Stone blog by Tim Dickinson.
Posted by davidphinney at November 16, 2007 01:53 PM
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