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DAY ONE:

House GOP Report Defends State Dept. Official
By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, November 14, 2007; Page A04


A report produced by the Republican staff of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee concludes that while State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard has "an extraordinarily abusive management style," charges that Krongard thwarted investigations into Iraq and was motivated by political bias cannot be supported by the evidence collected.

DAY TWO:

State Dept. Inspector General Agrees To Recuse Himself From Key Probes

By Glenn Kessler
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, November 15, 2007; Page A23

State Department Inspector General Howard J. Krongard said yesterday that he will no longer participate in high-profile probes of Blackwater Worldwide and of the State Department's troubled construction of the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq, after a House panel confronted him with evidence of conflicts of interest, including his brother's role as a strategic adviser to Blackwater.