In testimony before the House Appropriations Committee on March 27, 2003, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said, regarding Iraq: ” ‘The oil revenues of that country could bring between $50 and $100 billion over the course of the next two or three years. Now, there are a lot of claims on that money, but… We are dealing with a country that can really finance its own reconstruction and relatively soon.’ ”
– Ali A. Allawi, The Occupation of Iraq, Page 114