As Secretary of State (1947-1949), he devised the Marshall Plan for Europe's post-war reconstruction.
Sir Robert also said divisions in government, cabinet and public opinion over the legitimacy of the war inhibited post-war reconstruction efforts.
He did so to help pay for the post-war reconstruction of Europe.
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India extends large, soft loans to curry favour with a friendly regime in Bangladesh and is paying for post-war reconstruction in Sri Lanka.
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After the war a fifth bond, for post-war reconstruction was issued.
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Meeting as the Commonwealth of Independent States, the leaders spoke out in support of enhancing the role of the United Nations in the post-war reconstruction of Iraq.
For the majority of Japanese, the norm for centuries was grinding poverty, disease and incipient malnutrition until the post-war reconstruction, kick-started by the allied occupation, began to work its magic.
The use of these sophisticated weapons, precisely targeted by global positioning satellites, is designed to maximise their effects while limiting collateral damage, which would make the task of post-war reconstruction more difficult.
It is important to note that such progress is being made on a far more accelerated schedule than our fathers were able to effect in their post-World War II occupation and reconstruction of Germany and Japan.
But my generation grew up during eight years of war with Iraq and then reconstruction.
Unlike post-war repairs elsewhere, the reconstruction is home-grown.
The huge private and public investment in reconstruction after the 2006 war would all be lost.
Originally founded as the construction and engineering branch of the IRGC at the end of the Iran-Iraq War, Ghorb initially focused on reconstruction, but it soon ventured into other fields.
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Germany and France have indicated that they are willing to help, though they are still sore about the Pentagon barring them and other anti-war countries from bidding for lucrative reconstruction contracts.
Shinty's governing body has appealed for calm following the escalation of a war of words over plans for league reconstruction.
The Geneva-based United Nations Economic Commission for Europe was set up in 1947 to co-ordinate reconstruction in shattered post-war Europe.
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And John Kerry and John Edwards, who both voted for the war, can now claim Mr Bush got things wrong in the run-up to the war, as well as in the reconstruction afterwards.
Despite the moral, humanitarian and strategic arguments for intervention, Syria is a trap that threatens to suck external powers in and shackle them with responsibility for war-making, peacekeeping and a reconstruction effort that could eventually involve thousands of boots on the ground and billions of dollars in assistance.
Garner will need all his charm and resolve to referee the tug-of-war between the departments of Defense and State for influence over the reconstruction process.
Bush said the war has been "more difficult than we expected, " with reconstruction work and the establishment of a new Iraqi military and police force taking longer than hoped.
What is clear is that the row over who governs post-war Iraq is hurting British and other foreign firms hoping to win some reconstruction work.
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Then Mr Bush surprised everyone by announcing that, contrary to earlier indications, Canada would be allowed to bid for future reconstruction contracts in Iraq, despite its own misgivings about the war.
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"The U.S. reconstruction management structure was overwhelmed by the challenges of building in a war zone, " the report said.
But the general also said that the Afghan government and international community must come through with reconstruction activities that benefit the general population if they are to win the war against the Taliban and other divisive forces in the country.
Indian war buffs will be absorbed by Mr Philbrick's intelligent, yet necessarily speculative, reconstruction of Custer's reckless encounter.
The Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance has only just begun the task of estimating the cost of post-war humanitarian assistance.
UN, whose agencies provided post-war emergency relief, and which is now developing programmes on human rights and press freedom as well as reconstruction work, has denied reports that it will leave the country.
After the war, when Coventry Cathedral, which had almost been obliterated by German bombs in 1940, was celebrating its reconstruction and Britten was asked for a new composition to mark the dedication, he quickly agreed.
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Moreover, exports, which are a crucial source of revenue for reconstruction, are still running at only about 500, 000 bpd, compared with 2m bpd before the war.
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