A top Defense Department official and the federal watchdog charged with overseeing U.S. spending in Afghanistan clashed on Wednesday about a now-defunct Pentagon task force that spent $43 million to build a natural gas station in that country, among many other questionable expenditures.
The Pentagon’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFSBO), which received more than $800 million from Congress to spend on economic redevelopment in Afghanistan, has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill following a series of reports about wasteful spending.
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Update #1: US wasted millions on Afghan reconstruction, says watchdog (BBC)
Update #2: Report cites wasted Pentagon money in Afghanistan (USA Today)
WNU Editor: I cannot help but feel that the numbers that they are talking about is just the tip of the iceberg.
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