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The Pentagon’s $766 Million Afghan ‘Slush Fund’ Comes Under Scrutiny

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The Pentagon’s $766 Million Afghan ‘Slush Fund’ Comes Under Scrutiny REUTERS/Baz Ratner By Eric Pianin Follow November 12, 2015 Sen. Charles Grassley (R-IA) and other lawmakers are outraged over recent revelations… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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No More “Mad Money”: Salvaging the Commander’s Emergency Response Program

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No More “Mad Money”: Salvaging the Commander’s Emergency Response Program by Osterhout, Heidi Lynn, LL.M., The George Washington University, 2010, 99; 1483989 Abstract (Summary) The U.S. military has touted the Commander’s… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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The Pentagon’s Afghan ‘Slush Fund’ Will Now Have to Answer to Angry Lawmakers

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The Pentagon’s Afghan ‘Slush Fund’ Will Now Have to Answer to Angry Lawmakers November 11, 2015 By Tim Fernholz Quartz The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has given the DOD 48… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Final Listing of Audit and Other Reports Issued by SIGIR on Reconstruction Spending in Iraq

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ARE CHANGES IN SECURITY POLICY JEOPARDIZING USAID RECONSTRUCTION PROJECTS AND PERSONNEL IN AFGHANISTAN

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DOD Spends $43 Million on Gas Station That Should’ve Cost ~$500,000

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DOD Spends $43 Million on Gas Station That Should’ve Cost ~$500,000 Today, SIGAR released a report on the Department of Defense’s Task Force for Stability and Business Operations (TFBSO) project to… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Quarterly Report to Congress: Interview with President Ashraf Ghani

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Quarterly Report to Congress: Interview with President Ashraf Ghani Today, SIGAR released its 29th (October 2015) Quarterly Report to Congress, which features an interview with Afghanistan’s President, Mohammad Ashraf Ghani. The… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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“Nobody’s Been Held Accountable” for Wasteful Spending in Afghanistan, says U.S. Watchdog

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“Nobody’s Been Held Accountable” for Wasteful Spending in Afghanistan, says U.S. Watchdog Follow @priyankaboghaniOctober 9, 2015, 3:46 pm ET by Priyanka Boghani The war in Afghanistan marked a grim milestone this… You must be logged in to view this content. … Continue reading →

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Gaming the state: consequences of contracting out state building in Afghanistan

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CASE STUDY: REBUILDING IRAQ

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