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| U.S. Rep. Stephen F. Lynch recently led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Iraq, to discuss military finance issues.
The visit, according to Meaghan Maher of Lynch's office, was part of an ongoing assessment of the status of military operations and the investigation of possible fraud and abuse in Iraq reconstruction contracts.
Lynch, D-9th, is chairman of the House of Representatives' Task Force on Anti-Terrorism funding. Accompanying him on the trip were U.S. Rep. Todd Platts R-Pa., U.S. Rep. Michael Michaud, D-Maine, and U.S. Rep. Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, and several House Oversight Committee investigators.
The congressmen and the investigators wanted especially to look at the new United States embassy compound in Baghdad.
The compound has been the subject of an ongoing investigation due to significant cost overruns, construction delays and safety issues, Maher said. It was scheduled for completion last September at a cost of $592 million, but is still incomplete and costs have risen to more than $700 million.
While in Iraq, Lynch accompanied an infantry and airborne unit patrolling south of Baghdad. In the village of Yusufiyah, he met with several local troops.
"I can't say enough about the tremendous job being done by our troops," Lynch said in a press release. "I've been meeting a lot of Massachusetts soldiers, Marines, sailors and air force personnel. I am very proud of all of them. They are very courageous an ... |
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