olivant. now leading the fight against the taliban are afghan commandos trained by u.s. special forces. you actually joined them exclusively on a raid outside of kabul. tell us what happened, what you experienced. reporter: so right now the afghan commandos are shouldering most of the burden here, not what they were designed to do. er this designed line american special operations forces to be units that go on a specific mission, on a specific raid and then go back, rest, refit and go on the next mission but since we re seeing more or less the wholesale collapse of the afghan national army, where the afghan military is giving up posts generally without fighting in some cases as you mentioned fleeing across the border, going into tajikistan, now the afghan government is trying to negotiate their safety return or some sort of terms which they
By Justin Hendry on May 4, 2021 6:05PM
Short procurement process appeared ‘predetermined’.
NSW public insurer icare used an “unreasonably short tender” that appears to have had a “predetermined outcome” to find a $260 million claims and billing platform, a root-and-branch review of the troubled state government agency has found.
The independent review, conducted by retired Supreme Court judge Robert McDougall and released late last week, details significant deficiencies with the tender process that resulted in a contract being awarded to Capgemini and Guidewire.
McDougall found that the procurement for the nominal insurer single platform (NISP) IT implementation project – one of icare’s largest contracts – was symptomatic of icare’s broader trouble, which stemmed from “sloppy” procedures and culture.
frent. so that is one of the areas where the investigators are g going to be looking to understand those family dynamics. and before his arrest, chris watts was pleading for the safety return of his wife and children. he was giving a all of the interview fs to the news statio asking him a lot of questions about his relationship and what happened before they went miss i ing, and what happened the day of the disappearance and listen to this. i mean, we had emotional conversation, and i will leave it at that, but i just want them back. i just want them to come back. and if they are not safe right now, that is what is tearing me apa apart. mary ellen are you surprised that he was doing all of this talking, and any clues in that interview clip? well, when i see it in other cases, it is not typical, but when i see it in other cases, what the person is doing is really takes some arrogance and high risk behavior, but it does take a certain level of