RL31833
Iraq
November 14, 2008
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Summary
Following years of authoritarian rule and economic sanctions, the United States and the international community agreed in the spring of 2003 that efforts should be made to rehabilitate economic infrastructure and introduce representative government to post-war Iraq, among other objectives. To meet these ends, a large-scale assistance program has been undertaken by the United States in Iraq. This program, funded through a mix of appropriations accounts, will likely be scrutinized closely in the 111th Congress. This report describes recent developments in this assistance effort and key issues of potential interest to Congress.
