special inspector general for afghanistan reconstruction, contractors are not prohibited from using unlicensed middle men to pay subcontractors. richardson wrote in a statement, the u.s. poured billions of aid dollars into a country plagued by corruption, insurgency and the narcotics trade and it is essential that we use all available tools to ensure that u.s. dollars are protected from fraud and diversion to the insurgency. he said at the start u.s. agencies need to tighten up safeguards, how they pay for services, in afghanistan. patti ann: meanwhile the u.s. government is concerned that it is not getting enough cooperation from the afghan government? reporter: yes, for example, richardson found that when the u.s. treasury department tracked what it believes is a financial crime in afghanistan, and alerts the afghan attorney general s office, that office, quote, has not cooperated fully in prosecuting individuals. and, the audit cites reports
borrow more money. more miles to go because it will the only reason we ve come to this is because it s a soon be featured at the visitor compromise if we get a balanced center here at the kennedy space budget. bill: okay. here is what we have in on our center starting 2013 to see up fox news polling. public opinion is firmly against close and personal what a space raising the debt ceiling. shuttle looks like. only 35% favor raising it, 60% let me tell you, they are quite are against it. large as certainly was evident doug mckelway s got a busy job for the space shuttle crew, three men and one woman. on the hill today with a lot to they all got their medical follow. what can we expect? take it a bit slow, doug, good checks after landing, wheels stopped, and they walked out morning. [laughter] onto the tarmac and did not look reporter: i ll try to. all very complex up here. too sluggish there with the one of the first orders of adjustment to earth gravity. business in the ho
doug mckelway s got a busy job on the hill today with a lot to follow. what can we expect? take it a bit slow, doug, good morning. [laughter] reporter: i ll try to. all very complex up here. one of the first orders of business in the house is not specifically related to the debt ceiling crisis, but it s going to send a message to the rest of the country about whether or not the house is ready to put its money where its mouth is. the house will begin debating on what s called the legislative branch appropriations act of 2012. this would cut the house budget by 6%. begin, it s not specifically again, it s not specifically related to the debt crisis issue, but it would send a hugely important, symbolic message to the country that congress is willing to cut it own budget. now, on to the debt negotiation. it still appears this gang of six plan is the most likely scenario to address the crisis, it would cut $3.7 trillion in spending, erase a trillion dollars in the revenue but
and i agree with you totally on the importance of past performance. and that was the emphasis. what you had given emphasis to service recommendations, i think it is an extreme i think your focus on it is extreme in my judgment. there has to be some past performance, and there needs to be the willingness on the part of the government to disbar someone when services have not been provided right and we do not see that. that is all that it was. can you tell me what we wrestle with, we had a the qdr and did not see any focus on the thing that you rightfully worked so hard on, and that a service contract in. allegis service contract and that is a service contracting. many people do not recognize that 50% and sometimes more of the total force is contacted. they are not route recognizing the value of contracts it in a contingency environment. they are not training more reviewing the procedures. that is why was not in the qdr. this is going over some of our heads. the co
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