"What additional controls and government oversight are needed to make sure that these contracts don't result in the waste, fraud and abuse we saw in Iraq?" Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) asked a panel of witnesses from the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the Defense Department.
Pentagon auditors had examined $5.9 billion worth of contracts and found about $950 million in "questioned and unsupported costs," she said. "Because auditors have only looked at a fraction of contracts," she said, "the real amount of waste is likely to be much higher."
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Friday, December 18, 2009
McCaskill wants more oversight of contractors in Afghanistan
Sen. Claire McCaskill is asking for more oversight of contractors working in Afghanistan:
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The prople want more oversite of Mc Caskill and her buddies the U. S. Senate.
this "prople" thinks that there needs to be lots more oversight of all government contractors.
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