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...captain Douglas Willig, who is in charge of an area adjacent to Brown's, the new CLC contracts will mean that 30% of all his workers will take a 30% pay cut next month. "My CLCs are going to change pretty drastically," says Willig. Previously Willig thought he could at least rely upon funds for micro-grants project to spark economic activity by helping Iraqis who wouldn't transition from the CLCs to the army or police to segue into small business. "The feeling was [micro-grants] was the best thing going," says Willig. He has received application packets...
Another line of CERP funding is supposed to provide Willig with $10,000 from which to draw up to $1,000 at a time to pay Iraqis whose property has been damaged during operations. Two families seeking damages - one for $400 and one for $450 for windows blown out and walls broken down during different operations have been waiting for months because Willig's funding has run dry. "I've been telling them to come back later - I haven't had [this line of CERP funding] since October. There's bureaucracy involved and reviews and allocation at different levels...
...only so much cash available. The sheikh says his house will cost about 200 million Iraqi dinars, or about $150,000, to rebuild. Lt. Spainhour explains that big money is very hard to get, but that supplies and humanitarian assistance might be available. Spainhour's superior, Captain Douglas Willig, says the U.S. military can offer about $1,000 per family for claims money; he can offer them micro-grants to start small businesses; and he has two construction packs for a school and a marketplace each worth about $20,000. "I want to help you help your village...
...through Eloise’s narration that Willig, a graduate of Harvard Law School, reminds us of her own pedigree. The description is often cutely evocative—“I missed the rutted brick streets of Harvard Square, where my heels stuck between the stones and my boots slid out from under me in slushy weather.” Or sometimes playfully displays a sense of self-reflexive Harvardian irony—“Next to me, I could hear orange blazer man drawling, ‘An ironic reconstruction of an iconic representation?...
...Deception of the Emerald Ring By Lauren Willig Dutton Adult...