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On June 28, bpost included an excerpt from an article in the Shreveport Times reporting that Joseph Whitaker had been named director of health care facilities for the office of the US senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. At the time, we asked: Who is Joseph Whitaker?

The Shreveport Times has a follow up:

Shreveport contractor Joe Whitaker waived extradition in a federal court in Texas on Thursday and will be returned to Louisiana by Tuesday to face a criminal charge for allegedly failing to pay $1.4 million to subcontractors on a Monroe hospital project.

Yup. Same Joe Whitaker.

Last month, Whitaker was named director of health-care facilities for the office of the U.S. senior adviser to the Iraqi Ministry of Health. He was at Fort Bliss, Texas, attending a pre-trip course on Iraqi culture. He was expected to leave Thursday to head to Iraq, although Jones told The Times on Wednesday she thought he was already there.