US Reducing Investigators in Iraq

Frederic Frommer

Associated Press

 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. plans to reduce the number of auditors and investigators at its development agency in Baghdad, The Associated Press has learned.

A spokesman for Sen. Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican who opposes the plan, said Friday the nine investigators and auditors would be permitted to finish their tours — but would not be replaced. The spokesman, LeRoy Coleman, cited an internal government memo spelling out the new plan.

At issue is the operation of the U.S. Agency for International Development's inspector general's office