STUART BOWEN TESTIFIES ON IRAQ RECONSTRUCTION IN WASHINGTON
Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Stuart Bowen Jr. testifies on Iraq reconstruction before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, in Washington on May 22, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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