Look at the election in greece and other parts of europe. Inthere are 30 minutes left this discussion and you can find it online in the cspan video library, cspan. Org. We take you live now to the center for strategic and International Studies in washington, d. C. For an update on security in afghanistan. Introductions are underway. Finally, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways for this room directly behind you and down the stairs. If there is an incident behind you, we will go out these doors, follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting two angus king individuals from the special Inspector General for afghanistan reconstruction. Himself,ive director john sopko, sworn in in july of 2012. He has more than 30 years of experience in oversight and investigation as a prosecutor. He has served as congressional counsel and senior government advisor and prior to his partner at he was a a law firm. His previous
Issues for the u. S. , talked about his report. This is an hour and a half. Good morning. I Melissa Dalton. I direct the cooperative Defense Program at this center for strategic and international studies. I am pleased to welcome you to responsibility, the approach to security in afghanistan. I want to share with you first are building and safety precautions. We feel secure in our building but we have a duty to prepare for emergency. I will serve as your response will Safety Officer in this event. Please follow my instruction should the need arise. Finally, please take a moment to familiarize yourself with the emergency exit pathways for this room directly behind you and down the stairs. If there is an incident behind you, we will go out these doors, follow me and i will take you to a safe location. Today we are delighted to be hosting to distinguished individuals from the special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. The executive director himself, john sopko, sworn in in j
Milo agency with the tobacco sounding acronym was great in 2008. Basically congress realized that were spending a lot of money there. We didnt do a very good job of overseeing how the moneyon was spent in iraq so they created a special agency. We are an Inspector General office. We do audits, criminal investigations. About 200 of a. We we only focus on afghanistan and we only focus on reconstruction. One of the Reasons Congress did this is because weve spent more money on reconstruction in afghanistan than weve ever done anywhere in the world. We spent more money in afghanistan than we did on the entire Marshall Plan to rebuild europe after world war ii. So congress assumed anything correctly that they needed a special agency just to look at it and weve been in existence since then time you put a regular reports, how often does the seeker office put out these reports to congress tressa we put our Quarterly Reports, unlike the other Inspector General who put up some annual prep we our Q
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At the gas station, how far is that from where you were with the liquor store and the other businesses that you saw the same things happening . When you see a gas station on fire, you really wonder if you are an amateur and dont know too much how far away you should be, and i have to tell you, there are people very close to this gas station that is on fire. Some just a few feet away. So really, just walking up and down the street, it is a remarkable scene of destruction, cars on fire, gas station on fire. There it goes. And you see people really close with their phones trying to get a close shot. Then running away. We are moving out. We are moving out. Shannon steve, get to safety. We are monitoring a number of places. We have to make sure that they are safe. We have reporters that are willing to walk into this stuff. You can have the story and it is accurate and you know what is happening on the ground could we are going into extended coverage. You are looking live outside the white h