A new report from the Government Accountability Office says that the Iraqi government may finish the year with a $79 billion surplus. The majority of the excess funds come from unspent money since 2005, as well as oil revenues and the Iraqi government’s general inability to execute budgets. In response to the report, many U.S. senators complained that the Iraqi government should being paying for their own reconstruction efforts. (AP)
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