U.S. Embassy in Iraq

Abstract

Concerns about the U.S. Embassy in Iraq have surfaced regarding the quality of construction and reported assertions of trafficking-like labor practices by First Kuwaiti General Trade and Contracting Company, the primary builder of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad. The Bush Administration's FY2008 budget request includes $65 million for base funding for operations in Iraq. In addition, the Administration requested $823.9 million for mission operations in an FY2007 supplemental request and another $1.9 million for mission operations in an FY2008 emergency request. On May 24, 2007, Congress passed a compromise supplemental appropriation (H.R. 2206), which the President signed into law (P.L. 110-28) on May 25. The enacted law included $750 million for State Department operations in Iraq. A previous emergency supplemental appropriation (H.R. 1268/P.L. 109-13), signed into law on May 11, 2005, included $592 million for embassy construction -- all that is needed for construction of the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, according to the Department of State. Completion of the embassy is expected by the end of summer 2007. This report will be updated as information becomes available.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jul 13, 2007
Accession Number
ADA470229

Entities

People

  • Susan B. Epstein

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Human Systems
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Construction
  • Department Of State
  • Emergencies
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • International Organizations
  • Law
  • Organizational Structure
  • Personnel Management
  • Public Diplomacy
  • Security
  • Security Personnel
  • United States

Readers

  • Government Contracting/Procurement.
  • Military and Counterinsurgency Studies.