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Timberman said the operation has been hobbled by insufficient staffing and travel restrictions.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult
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Timberman has signed up for another year, saying he is just now hitting his stride and the State Department is finally on the right track.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult
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At 66, Timberman came out of retirement to work here.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult
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Timberman agreed, saying embedded reconstruction teams are key.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult
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Timberman said the State Department teams working out of the provincial capital, Hillah, were grounded most of the time because the State Department regional security officer would not permit them to travel despite their high-priced security personnel and armored vehicles.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult
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Tom Timberman, who heads one of the reconstruction teams, is based 40 miles south of Baghdad, where the State Department has set up a sort of "mini Green Zone" a large, heavily fortified regional embassy that houses foreign service officers charged with overseeing development in the key regions of Babil, Najaf and Karbala.
NPR: Oversight in Iraq Projects Has Proven Difficult