<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-07-29/westmont-news/talk-detailed-iraqi-money-pit.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>10/27/2011</pubDate><title>Talk Detailed Iraqi Money Pit</title><excerpt>Stuart W. Bowen Jr., special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction, offered a sobering look at the reconstruction effort in Iraq during a standing-room only lecture at Westmont Oct. 13. Bowen, who has served in Iraq for more than seven years, has recovered $1.2 billion in financial benefit, stemming from 64 indictments and 54 convictions for fraud and other crimes.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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        </image><caption>Stuart W. Bowen Jr., special inspector general for Iraq reconstruction</caption><description>1 Column Content Background Color White Heading...</description></item>