dollars over budget. alicia acuna is live in aurora, colorado, this morning, and that s the future location of one of those projects. go ahead, alicia. well, right now it is, jamie, and if you take a look at this property behind me here, the construction is underway, and the original estimate was that this was going to be complete as early as 2008. the new projection is 2016 at a cost of $1 billion. that is 144 percent over the original estimate according to the u.s. government accountability office. the gao has blasted va oversight of this construction project and others in new orleans, orlando and las vegas. the aurora site sits in mike coffman s district. the retired marine major questions whether the va should be allowed to manage its own construction projects in the future. be. it is extraordinary. i mean, from the standpoint of being a veteran, it s certainly