Lithuania hungry for Iraq reconstruction jobs

Apr 17, 2003
Steven Paulikas

VILNIUSLithuanian officials are initiating a push to encourage the country's firms to grab a piece of the billions of dollars' worth of contracts the U.S. government will be granting in its Iraq reconstruction efforts.As coalition forces closed in on Baghdad in early April, Vygaudas Usackas, Lithuania's ambassador to the U.S.A., began laying the groundwork for companies to bid for work in the war-torn Middle Eastern country once the conflict ends and clean-up begins.According to Usackas, the U.S ...

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