Read more post-war reconstruction stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/27666/post-war-reconstruction.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:04:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/50858/inquiry-into-iraqi-graft-expands-to-top-us-officers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe United States' poor track record on rebuilding Iraq has long been chalked up to lousy planning by Pentagon brass. But an expanding investigation by federal authorities adds another element to the mix: possible corruption by the military commanders who oversaw reconstruction in the Wild West days after the invasion,...http://www.newser.com/story/50858/inquiry-into-iraqi-graft-expands-to-top-us-officers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 15 Feb 2009 0:30:24 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48409/gaza-faces-years-of-reconstruction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNow that the guns have fallen silent in Gaza, the Palestinian enclave faces what might be the most difficult reconstruction project in recent history, writes Patrick Cockburn in the Independent . Rebuilding in the densely populated zone will face two major obstacles: the economic blockade by Israel and Egypt, and the...http://www.newser.com/story/48409/gaza-faces-years-of-reconstruction.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 20 Jan 2009 8:34:12 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/26463/rumsfeld-dodged-early-iraq-failures-sanchez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagEarly mistakes in Iraq—and the extent of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's involvement in them—are the subject of a Time excerpt from a book by the former commander of US forces in Iraq, Gen. Ricardo Sanchez. Sanchez details an effort by Rumsfeld to get him to agree, on paper,...http://www.newser.com/story/26463/rumsfeld-dodged-early-iraq-failures-sanchez.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 04 May 2008 11:34:30 CDT