The Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA): Origin, Characteristics, and Institutional Authorities
Description:
Responsibility for overseeing reconstruction in post-conflict Iraq initially fell to the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA). Established in early 2003, ORHA had been replaced by June of that year by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA). On June 28, 2004, CPA ceased operations. Whether CPA was a federal agency is unclear. Some executive branch documents supported the notion that it was created by the President. Another possibility is that the authority was created b…
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Date:
September 21, 2006
Creator:
Halchin, L. Elaine
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department