Plan to Coordinate Civil and Military Affairs Gets Chilly Welcome

Just as the U.S. government’s Iraq reconstruction watchdog formally unveils a proposal to revamp the integration of civilian and military activities in combat zones, opposition from the State Department and the Pentagon threatens to scotch the whole effort.

[Security1]When he testifies Monday before the congressionally created Commission on Wartime More…

POGO Blasts State Department Over ArmorGroup Oversight Before Wartime Contracting Commission

The congressionally chartered commission on wartime contracting is meeting today, and one of its witnesses is Danielle Brian, the Project on Government Oversight executive director who blew the lid off of ArmorGroup’s failures in protecting the U.S. embassy in Kabul.  In her prepared testimony, she excoriates the State Department More…