By all accounts, the Special Inspector General for Iraq, Stuart Bowen, has done a good job in ferreting our chicanery in the use of our money to reconstruct Iraq. Doing a good job does not count with our legislators as they have decided to turn the auditing job over to the State Department's Inspector General office which has said that "it lacked the resources to continue oversight activities in Iraq." It also has far fewer auditors than has Bowen.
Another indication of the legislature's ability to reward talent is their Distinguished Service Award, which is given to former members who have performed "with such extraordinary distinction and selfless dedication as to merit special recognition". Recipients of the award this year include Porter Goss and Dick Cheney.
I guess the legislators wanted to follow the standard set by Bush in awarding the President's Medal of Freedom to Bremer, Franks and Tenet.
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The opposite to alchemy, in an odd sort of way?
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