Overview

• The July 2025 report finds more than $1.2 million directed to pool renovations at U.S. embassies and diplomatic residences in Haiti, Iraq, Sudan, Russia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, and Indonesia.
• It details a $444,000 upgrade to Baghdad’s indoor pool dehumidification system and a $41,259 rehabilitation of the Moscow embassy pool after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
• USASpending.gov data shows at least 14 renovation orders, including over $130,000 for pool covers at the U.S. mission in Harare.
• Several contracts remain unpaid or partially paid, such as a $173,000 award for pool work at the Jakarta embassy.
• Republicans are pressing the Government Efficiency department to probe wasteful diplomatic maintenance spending after the report’s release.