But in practice as the General Accounting Office, the congressional watchdog, recently admitted there is little oversight.

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The General Accounting Office, the Congressional Budget Office and the private Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments have suggested dramatically paring back--and in some cases, killing--the programs.

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According to experts previously involved in their construction, the General Accounting Office, a congressional committee and NBC News, if allowed to come on line, the shoddy construction, defective materials and unsafe design of these reactors would more likely than not result in a catastrophic nuclear accident.

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Finally, the letter encourages Freeh to utilize the expertise of the General Accounting Office -- a congressional agency -- as it decides how to upgrade its computer system.

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Vice-President Dick Cheney is already subject of an investigation begun by the General Accounting Office, at the request of congressional Democrats.

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