"When it comes to choosing a president, results matter."

--George W. Bush, in his newly unveiled stump speech


Iraq Funds Are Focus of 27 Criminal Inquiries

A comprehensive examination of the U.S.-led agency that oversaw the rebuilding of Iraq has triggered at least 27 criminal investigations and produced evidence of millions of dollars' worth of fraud, waste and abuse, according to a report by the Coalition Provisional Authority's inspector general.

...More than $600 million in cash from Iraqi oil money was spent with insufficient controls. Senior U.S. officials manipulated or misspent contract money. Millions of dollars' worth of equipment could not be located, the report said....

--Los Angeles Times