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The Bush administration has already started picking construction firms to rebuild Iraq after a possible war, The Washington Post reported this week. The first contract will be awarded any day now, and it could be as large as $900 million. The company that wins the contract would build and repair roads, bridges, schools, hospitals, and mosques. If war comes, U.S. officials hope to start construction projects as soon as the fighting ends, to reduce the backlash against an invasion. The job will be huge, and could keep workers busy for years. “It’s a sensitive topic, because we haven’t gone to war,” an industry executive said, “but these companies are really in a position to win something out of this geopolitical situation.”
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