State Department Retains Manager of Troubled Embassy Project

Warren P. Strobel reports for McClatchy Newspapers,
"A State Department project manager banished from Iraq by the US ambassador and under scrutiny by the Justice Department continues to oversee the construction of the much-delayed new American embassy in Baghdad from nearby Kuwait, State Department officials disclosed Thursday."

Embattled State Department Inspector General Resigns

Warren P. Strobel reports for McClatchy Newspapers: "Embattled State Department Inspector General Howard Krongard, under fire for allegedly impeding probes into problems with construction of the US Embassy in Baghdad and with security firm Blackwater Worldwide, submitted his resignation Friday."