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Steve Kagen: “Does it bother you at all that we don't have any oversight in Iraq, where 20 percent of the money we're putting in, no…”

On the recordMay 14, 2008
Does it bother you at all that we don't have any oversight in Iraq, where 20 percent of the money we're putting in, no receipts, no oversight at all, and it's a culture of corruption? Does that bother you at all?
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Steve Kagen
Wisconsin

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Questioning the lack of oversight and accountability for U.S. spending in Iraq.

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