Thanks for looking Dave. I think I found it. This sums it up.
But U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell has said: "We didn't take on this huge burden with our coalition partners not to be able to have a significant dominating control over how it unfolds in the future.''
A senior Washington official told CNN there would be no need for the kind of broad U.N. authority that operated in Kosovo or East Timor because Iraq had a civil service that could still work on an administrative level.
The official said Bush and Blair agreed that the post-war interim Iraqi leadership should include Iraqis in exile, Kurds who currently have relative autonomy and Iraqis living in the country -- while leaving room for civilian figures who may emerge as potential leaders.
The official said Blair and Bush agreed it was critical for the U.N. to endorse the interim administration that emerges and to play a leading role in humanitarian efforts.
But the goal is not to have a U.N. administration of Iraq, said the official, adding: "The key is going to be to get sovereignty back to the Iraqi people as quickly as possible."
Sources also said there was disagreement inside the Bush administration, notably between the Pentagon and the State Department, as to how much of a role the U.N. should play in reconstruction.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard, whose troops are part of the allied coalition, said there must be an "interim period" of U.S.-supervised administration of Iraq, then a greater role for the U.N.
"Countries that have made the commitment and brought about the disarmament of Iraq -- and most particularly, but not only, the United States -- have a right to express a strong view about the post-conflict arrangements and to have that view respected," he told CNN's Larry King. (Full story)
Meanwhile some companies are lining up for contracts to rebuild Iraq's infrastructure -- including water pipes, roads and oil fields.
And the U.N. wants the resumption of Iraq's oil-for-food program. This allowed vital food and medical supplies into Iraq but was suspended when U.N. weapons inspectors left days before the military campaign. About 60 percent of the population depend on the supplies.
