Inspector General Auditor: Iraqi government rejecting U.S.-funded projects

Left: An example of substandard construction revealed in a previous audit.

WASHINGTON — The Iraqi government is refusing to accept most of the U.S.-funded reconstruction projects completed so far, a government investigator told Congress Thursday.

Iraqi officials had formally taken ownership of only 18% of finished projects when the inspector general's office reported on the issue in July. Joseph McDermott, the inspector general's top auditor, told a House Appropriations subcommittee that few projects have been accepted since then, although he didn't give specifics.

"One of the problems we're having is that the Iraqi government is not accepting the projects we're building for them," McDermott said.

Members of the House panel said they were stunned.

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