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the U . S .

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Army Corps of Engineers at Gulf Region

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District North managed dozens of

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construction projects worth hundreds of

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millions of dollars throughout Northern

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Iraq . The course progress here

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attracted the multinational force Iraq

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Command Sergeant Major who made his way

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here from Baghdad to visit some of the

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key sites . The first is here in the

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kurdish capital city of Erbil , at the

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site of a new facility for the city's

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youngest and oldest citizens . The

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estimated $3.7 million Erbil orphanage

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and Senior center project will provide

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multipurpose and living facilities and

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recreation areas for nearly 300 orphans

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and 60 seniors . It's a scope of

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construction that hasn't received much

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attention in the past . I'm sure that

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many projects , such kind of products

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will be happening in our country

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because the project is

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a type of people

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who's made rapid progress in this

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region of the country . In part because

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of the oversight of the Corps of

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Engineers , but also because of the

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relatively stable social climate here .

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A for all the way

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way away from the urban sprawl

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of Erbil . These Corps of Engineers

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school construction projects are in the

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city of Kirkuk Kurdish Mountains .

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Senior leadership from the Gulf region

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district has also joined the tour and

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has taken a special interest in some of

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the difficulties project managers face

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here

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waiting

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to know what , you know what I can get

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in the way of progress in the case of

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Shindo to secondary school , it's the

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rising cost of materials and funding

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issues tied to a contract negotiated

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nearly a year ago . There is really no

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relief for this particular type of

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situation under the correct contract .

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But the resident engineer in the city

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is anxious to press forward at Shin

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Osaka and Malta and Zuri Land secondary

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schools across town . The Corps of

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Engineers bring their experience to

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this water project as well . The $1.5

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million job feeds clean drinking water

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to the new Maastricht neighborhood and

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replaces damaged lines to the Jamai

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Beanie water network . But material

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costs are affecting this job to this

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fitting has doubled in cost along with

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the PVC pipes and installation

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equipment . Project managers are having

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to overcome tight budget constraints in

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order to complete construction by late

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fall , but they're staying on target .

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Uh They're holding true to the contract

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right and they're doing it for the

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people of Iraq , people who are

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benefiting from the continued support

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and leadership of the Corps of

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Engineers and multinational Force Iraq

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Petty Officer Patrick Dilly to hook

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Iraq