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* Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill has proposed a permanent DOD inspector general's office to oversee wartime contracting. She cited success of the Special Inspector for Iraq Reconstruction in rooting out waste, fraud in abuse. GovExec reports that McCaskill, a former state auditor, also noted DOD's goal of saving $100 billion over five years. She said its likely that $100 billion has gone up in smoke in Iraq.