Committee Holds Hearing on Iraq Reconstruction Overview

On Thursday, February 15, the three top auditors overseeing work in Iraq provided new information about the status of Iraq reconstruction projects and troop support contracts. The hearing examined whether the findings of these auditors should affect Congress' assessment of the President's new request for additional taxpayer dollars. A preliminary transcript of this hearing is now available.

Chairman Waxman questions the witnesses:

The following witnesses appeared before the committee:

• David M. Walker
  
  Comptroller General of the United States
  
  Government Accountability Office


• Stuart W. Bowen, Jr.
  
  Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction


• William H. Reed
  
  Director, Defense Contract Audit Agency