Setting up Shop

By now you have heard about the massive U.S. Embassy being built in Iraq:

The $592 million embassy occupies a chunk of prime real estate two-thirds the size of Washington’s National Mall, with desk space for about 1,000 people behind high, blast-resistant walls. The compound is a symbol both of how much the United States has invested in Iraq and how the circumstances of its involvement are changing.

Whatever happened to investing in our country?

Link to the Yahoo News article.

Link to Think Progress article.

Via C