Iraq in need of spending lessons

Courtesy Marketplace  Wed, 07/30/2008 - 16:55

A new report says Iraq's flush with money, but if that's true, why are so many of its residents still without basic infrastructure?

Host Kai Ryssdal asks Stuart Bowen where Iraq's cash is going and where it isn't.


 

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