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Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Failing upward with BushCo

Andrew Natsios managed Boston's 'Big Dig' project, which was way behind schedule, way overbudget, and continues to be plagued by problems because of shoddy construction. Give that man a prize!

As director of U.S. Agency for Intenational Development Natsios promised that the U.S. contribution to reconstruction of Iraq would be no more [than] $1.6 billion. Congress has already appropriated nearly $20 billion for reconstruction in Iraq. The CBO estimates the total cost of reconstruction will be between $50 and $100 billion.

But wait! There's more! The White House thinks Natsios' sterling record makes him the perfect man to handle one of the most serious humanitarian crises in the world today:

U.S. officials say President Bush has decided to appoint former U.S. Agency for International Development Administrator Andrew Natsios as his special envoy on the crisis in Darfur.