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BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- The United States faces growing anger over its decision to bar some of its biggest trading partners from bidding for Iraqi reconstruction projects.
Countries that did not back the U.S. ... 6 billion worth of contracts, according to U.S. ...
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder said Thursday that international law must apply to the awarding contracts.
At a news conference in Berlin with U. ... Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Schroeder said it was the task of all countries to help with reconstruction in Iraq. ... "
"I believe it is time for us to work together to try to stabilize Iraq," Annan said. ... "
President Bush, speaking to reporters at a Cabinet meeting in Washington on Thursday, said, "The U.S. people, the taxpayers, understand why it makes sense for countries that risk lives to participate in the contracts in Iraq. ... Coalition, friendly coalition folks risk their lives -- and therefore the contracting is going to reflect that and that is what the U.
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