Stuart Bowen
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Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., is the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction, a positing he has held since October 2004. He previously served as the Inspector General for the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA-IG), a position to which he was appointed in January 2004. Bowen's mission includes ensuring effective oversight of the $22 billion that comprise the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund.
Bowen has served President George W. Bush as Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Staff Secretary and Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel. He has been a partner at the law firm of Patton Boggs LLP, in its Washington, D.C. office. Before his White House tenure, Bowen served as Counsel to the Bush-Cheney transition team; and from 1994 to 2000, he held a variety of positions on Governor George Bush's staff in Texas, including Deputy General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel for Litigation, and Assistant General Counsel.
From 1992 to 1994, Bowen served as an Assistant Attorney General of Texas in administrative law litigation. And from 1991 to 1992, he served as Briefing Attorney to Texas Supreme Court Justice Raul Gonzalez. Bowen is licensed by the Texas State Bar, Board Certified in Administrative Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court, a variety of lower Federal courts, and all Texas state courts. Bowen spent four years on active duty as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Air Force, achieving the rank of Captain (military). He holds a B.A. from the University of the South, attended Vanderbilt University Law School, and received a J.D. from St. Mary's University School of Law.
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- The Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction
- Audit of Iraq Spending Spurs Criminal Probe, Washington Post, May 5, 2005
- U.S. Attorney Gets 3 Cases in Iraq Fraud Probe, Washington Post, June 22, 2005
- Former Bush aide turns critic as Iraq inspector, Wall Street Journal, July 26, 2005
- Millions go missing on Iraqi gravy train, Baltimore Sun, July 30, 2005
- New reports show limited progress in Iraq rebuilding, Reuters, July 31, 2005
- U.S. Planned Poorly for Rebuilding Iraq, Inspector General Says, Bloomberg News, October 30, 2005