The massive U.S. embassy under construction in Baghdad could cost $144 million more than projected and will open months behind schedule because of poor planning, shoddy workmanship, internal disputes and last-minute changes sought by State Department officials, according to U.S. officials and a department document provided to Congress.
Two key office buildings, including the new chancery, will not be finished until early 2009, according to the document.
The embassy, which will be the largest U.S. diplomatic mission in the world, was budgeted at $592 million, so now the guess is it will total $736 million.
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