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      <title>Transition of Control in Iraq</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified on the progress of the transition in Iraq. The first panel focused on civilian workers in Iraq, and the breakdown of the 14,000 contractors in the region and details on what the contractors are actually doing in Iraq, land development agreements,and the status of development proposals for police training stations. Panel Two continued the discussion on land development agreements and concerns over having an official agreement with the Iraqis, rather than just verbal agreements.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 05:04:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wartime Contracting Reform</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified about proposed legislation to overhaul the federal government's planning, management, and oversight of wartime-support contracting. A recent report found as much as $60 billion of waste and fraud in wartime contracts for the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Iraq and Afghanistan Operations Oversight</title>
      <description>Inspectors general testified about oversight efforts of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. They also talked about proposals to create a new office to provide oversight in Iraq, Afghanistan and other overseas operations. Stuart Bowen said the position would save taxpayers millions of dollars.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 04:03:38 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Reconstruction Contracts in Afghanistan, Panel 3</title>
      <description>The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee held a hearing on the effectiveness of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction at detecting and preventing waste, fraud, and abuse. Inspector generals from several federal agencies spoke about oversight of military operations overseas, the performance of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), auditing practices performed in Afghanistan, and the leadership of Special Inspector General Arnold Fields.</description>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 22:24:36 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Government Anti-Fraud Efforts, Panel 2</title>
      <description>The Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq and Afghanistan held a hearing on federal government's efforts to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse in wartime contracting. Witnesses gave examples of fraud contracting cases that were prosecuted within their agencies.</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 02:57:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. Contracts and Afghanistan</title>
      <description>Harold Geisel talked about the release of the State Department Inspector General report. The report looks at how the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, faces serious challenges in meeting the Obama administration's deadline in the country and how those challenges may affec the 2011 withdrawal plans. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communications.
C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read news headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:39:03 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fraud and Waste in Afghanistan and Pakistan</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified about oversight of aid programs and on detecting fraud and waste in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Among the issues they addressed were challenges imposed on investigation into claims of fraud by security concerns in the region, operations of various agencies tasked with oversight investigation, and problems uncovered in recent investigations, and lessons learned through the investigations.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:28:29 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>U.S. Embassy in Iraq</title>
      <description>Harry Geisel, appearing by remote access from the State Department, talked about the cost of building and operating the U.S. Embassy in Iraq. He responded to telephone calls and electronic communication. 
 
 C-SPAN Radio's Nancy Calo read headlines at the end of the program.</description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 12:35:04 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Commission on Wartime Contracting, Inspectors General Panel Part 2</title>
      <description>Inspectors general from several government departments testified at a public hearing about an investigation of practices and procedures used in public contracts awarded to private companies. They spoke about the administration of contracts and publicly-funded infrastructure projects, allegations of fraud and waste, as well as U.S. government oversight of the contracts.</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 03 Feb 2009 13:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Privacy of Passport Files</title>
      <description>Witnesses testified about privacy issues related to an incident in which government employees had accessed several visa applications and passport files. Several presidential candidates were among those whose files had been opened in an unauthorized manner. They also spoke about the recommendations made by and investigation into the manner and actions taken by the State Department in response to the incident.</description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 06:14:19 GMT</pubDate>
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