Bush Administration Tries to Justify its Controversial Decision About Iraqi Reconstruction Contracts

摘要

The directive signed by the United States' Deputy Defense Secretary,Mr.Paul Wolfowitz,on 5 December is still attracting a lot of comment,but the Bush administration is sticking to its guns.But given the international controversy prompted by the decision to exclude several countries from the award of reconstruction contracts in Iraq,the justifications put forward by the administration have been taken a step further.