Iraq And Afghanistan Reconstruction Lacks Oversight
Christopher Shays, the co-Chairman of the Commission on War Time Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan, says that there is a significant lack of oversight for the reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sub-contractors, which make up 70% of the reconstruction effort, are not subjected to direct oversight from the U.S. (0:23)
June 10, 2009
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