"We were in the middle of a war, working in very difficult conditions, and we had to move quickly to get this Iraqi money working for the Iraqi people," Bremer told lawmakers. He said there was no banking system and it would have been impossible to apply modern accounting standards in the midst of a war.
Republicans argued that Bremer and the CPA staff did the best they could under the circumstances and accused Democrats of trying to score political points over the increasingly unpopular Iraq war.
"We are in a war against terrorists, to have a blame meeting isn't, in my opinion, constructive," said Rep. Dan Burton, an Indiana Republican.
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So this is the response when asked why $8.8 Billion seems to be unaccounted for. We supposedly sent pallets of cash to Iraq and now we can't seem to find some if it? Yeah, cause we can afford to lose that amount. I don't care if the Democrats are looking for points, I would love to know what happened to all that cold hard cash. Just Republicans screwing up and not taking responsibility for their actions.
