Lawmakers concerned about shift in Iraq reconstruction funds
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The Bush administration&#39;s plans to divert $3.46 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds for security could increase dangers in the long run
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The United States is revising its  $18.4 billion Iraq rebuilding plan and in a major policy shift  will hand over some contracting power to Iraqi ministries for  U.S.-funded work, said U.S. officials on Tuesday.
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Surging violence in Iraq this month has  disrupted reconstruction work in parts of the country, but  plans are still on track for a tenfold increase in the number  of projects, a U.S. general said Sunday.
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The United States will shift more than $US3 billion in aid to Iraq from reconstruction programs to strengthening security, US officials have said.
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Increasing production and higher oil prices mean Iraq could see an influx of extra reconstruction money, a report says.
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Iraqi lawmakers have refused to pass the 2008 budget because of rows over funding, including how much money to give the autonomous Kurdistan region, in the latest sign of the country's deep political divisions.
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Democrats seeking votes for their Iraq-withdrawal plan have stuffed the bill it's in with billions of dollars for farms, flu preparedness, New Orleans levees, home heating and other causes.
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The U.S. envoy to Iraq wants to  shift $3.3 billion set aside for Iraqi water, sewer, power and  other reconstruction projects to improve security, boost oil  output and create jobs, a U.S. official said on Monday.
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Congressional Democrats on Wednesday decried tens of millions dollars of waste in Iraq reconstruction aid, as a new government report underscored a need for closer scrutiny of how the costly war is being handled.
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Democrats hoping to capture control  of the U.S. Congress in this fall elections called on Tuesday  for probes of the Bush administration's Iraq rebuilding effort,  which they likened to the government's botched response to  Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Facing calls by lawmakers in President Bush's own party to change Iraq war strategy, the White House announced Tuesday it is "beginning a retooled mission in Iraq" after a disappointing interim report on Iraqi benchmarks.
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Democratic presidential contenders on Capitol Hill will cast critical votes on the Iraq war this week, when lawmakers decide on a $120 billion bill to keep military operations afloat through September.
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American money has helped maintain security in Iraq, but now budgetary constraints are slowing the flow of cash
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Mention of the war in Iraq clouded a House resolution marking the third anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, and 16 lawmakers voted Thursday against the otherwise non-controversial measure.
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Some 50 lawmakers have been to Iraq this summer, and their impressions are having a profound effect on the policy debate.
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Iraq's fragmented leadership is struggling to meet the major benchmarks that it has pledged to the United States to achieve soon, with political wrangling and a chaotic legislature standing in the way.
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The Bush administration's plans to divert &#36;3.46 billion in Iraq reconstruction funds for security could increase dangers in the long run, the Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said Wednesday.