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As Iraq's Oil Flows Freely, Profits Are Stuck in Bureaucracy

Qassim Frez, a senior Iraqi civil servant, has a problem officials in Washington might envy. Iraq has piled up tens of billions of dollars from oil sales, and its bureaucrats are struggling to spend the windfall.