]> http://www.publicampaign.org/node/40642 Comments for "Rebuilding Iraq" en http://www.publicampaign.org/node/40642 <p align="center"><strong>Rebuilding Iraq:<br />One Campaign Contribution at a Time</strong></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>The government has doled out billions of dollars in contracts since 2003 to private companies to rebuild Iraq. These companies are supposed to rebuild the war-torn country by restoring electricity, reconstructing bridges, and building schools. So much of this rebuilding work has been outsourced to private contractors that there are now more civilians working under U.S. defense contracts in Iraq than soldiers or government employees stationed there.<a name="_ednref1" href="#_edn1" title="_ednref1">[i]</a> </p> Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:56:01 +0000