McClatchy: State Dept. retains manager of troubled embassy project despite investigations

[babylonsister]

State Dept. retains manager of troubled embassy project
By Warren P. Strobel | McClatchy Newspapers

* Posted on Thursday, December 6, 2007


WASHINGTON — A State Department project manager banished from Iraq by the U.S. 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.

James L. Golden, a contract employee, is still managing the $740 million project, said Undersecretary of State Patrick Kennedy, the department's top management official.

"Mr. Golden is still . . . our project manager, and still is working with the contractor, at their base in Kuwait," Kennedy said.

One State Department official with detailed knowledge of the unopened embassy expressed outrage that his superiors haven't replaced Golden.

"I find it absolutely amazing that State senior management doesn't seem to think it a trifle odd that two people under investigation . . . are still making all the management decisions under this same contract," the official said in an e-mail. The official asked for anonymity because he feared retaliation by his superiors.

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[Richard Steele]

1. Just standard procedure for the most corrupt misAdministration in US history. Grrrecommended

[babylonsister]

2. I'm waiting to see yet another investigation started on this, but

am not holding my breath. So many investigations...