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The United States failed to make the health of ordinary citizens in Iraq and Afghaniistan a top priority of reconstruction efforts, missing an opportunity to create substantial good will in the crucial days after the US-led invasions, according to a study to be issued today.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041906E.shtml

Two years ago, the United States government promised to build more than 140 badly needed health clinics in Iraq, bringing basic care to underserved areas outside the big cities. Now, with roughly $200 million already spent and financing from Washington set to run out in less than nine months, it appears extremely unlikely that most of those clinics will ever be built.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/041906L.shtml

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The American Federation of Government Employees said that recent calls by former top generals for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to resign validate AFGE's recent "no confidence" vote.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/041806LA.shtml