Strategy And Resources Needed To Sustain Afghan Electoral Capacity
08 October 2009
'', Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), 22 September 2009
EXCERPT: "The international community made available nearly $490 million in assistance to support a legitimate Afghan election administered by the Independent Election Commission, of which the United States support comprised over half ($263 million), as of August 2009. Lessons...
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Challenges In Tracking Contractor Personnel And Contracts In Iraq And Afghanistan
08 October 2009
'', United States Government Accountability Office (GAO), 8 October 2009
EXCERPT: "In response to a statutory requirement to increase contractor oversight, DOD, State, and USAID agreed to use the Synchronized Predeployment and Operational Tracker (SPOT) system to track information on contracts and contractor personnel...
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Gates Gives Obama Afghan Troop Request
08 October 2009
'Gates Gives Obama Afghan Troop Request', The Wall Street Journal, 8 October 2009
EXCERPT: "Defense Secretary Robert Gates has forwarded a request for more troops in Afghanistan to President Barack Obama, the Pentagon said Wednesday, as divisions within the administration and Congress continued despite Mr. Obama's high-profile meeting with congressional leaders the day before. Mr. Gates -- who made no recommendation of...
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Kabul Bomb Targets Indian Embassy
08 October 2009
'Deadly Kabul Bomb Targets Indian Embassy', The Guardian, 8 October 2009
EXCERPT: "A suicide bomb exploded outside the Indian embassy in Kabul this morning, killing 17 people and wounding dozens. The force of the rush-hour blast flattened walls and rattled windows up to a mile away. Television news footage showed soldiers and passersby pulling a severed leg from a destroyed vehicle. The Afghanistan interior ministry, which...
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