Bring back the inspectors general Trump fired
Inspectors general play a vital role in finding waste and making government more efficient. Why did the president just remove ...
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Hard Lessons: The Iraq Reconstruction Experience
ORHA, the temporary reconstruction agency ... according to Mr. Bremer's remarks to the Special Inspector General. In his book, My Year in Iraq, Mr. Bremer noted that he entered the meeting ...
The American Conservative1y
Establish a Special Inspector General for War
During the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, GAO investigated ... In 2008, Congress belatedly established the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), the model for the ...
Sharyl Attkisson: The inspector general who blew the whistle on waste in Afghanistan
Approximately $43 billion in tax money was lost to waste, fraud or abuse in the American effort to rebuild Afghanistan.
Long War Journal15y
Integrating the Sons of Iraq
October, 2009: 16,300/89,000 (18.31%) SOI hired into government service. Source: Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction Report (SIGI) 3. November, 2009: 24,000/89,000 (26.97%) SOI hired ...
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US government officials are encouraged to lie about progress in Afghanistan, special inspector general says
the blunt-spoken special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction. “We have created an incentive to almost require people to lie,” Sopko told the House Foreign Affairs Committee on ...