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CBS Reports Hundreds of Millions In Cost Overruns on US Embassies


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cbs-reports-hundreds-of-millions-in-cost-overruns-on-u-s-embassiesWashington Free Beacon:

Alyssa Canobbio

May 28, 2015

 

 

The State Department has undertaken the costly construction of new embassies across the globe.

 

The new embassy in London is estimated to cost around $1 billion. Glass for the London build was shipped back and forth across the Atlantic Ocean for cutting and framing. The new Afghanistan embassy exceeded $150 million.

 

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‘The State Department changed the way that they build these,” said Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah). “They went from standard embassy designs, which were coming in under budget. They were coming in swifter. They are now to the point where they’ve got a new process and it’s much more expensive and a lot slower.”

 

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