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September 18, 2013
Questions for Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy
At a House hearing Wednesday, Under Secretary of State for Management Patrick F. Kennedy faced intense questioning about Benghazi. There are also questions Kennedy could answer about the U.S. embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, where former guards say security problems could lead to tragedy.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
September 17, 2013
The Over Budget and Behind Schedule F-35
In a Vanity Fair feature published yesterday, Adam Ciralsky investigates the F-35 aircraft, or Joint Strike Fighter, that was meant to streamline and update the military’s fleet of planes. When Ciralsky first saw the jet he said he “didn’t know whether to genuflect or spit
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Topics: National Security
September 16, 2013
House Unveils Short-term Spending Measure to Lock in Defense Cuts
A newly unveiled proposal to keep the government operating past the end of this month represents the first acknowledgment by House leadership that they ought to adhere to current law spending caps set by the sequester.
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Topics: National Security
September 12, 2013
Senators Ask State Department To Respond to POGO Report on Embassy Security
Leaders of a Senate panel are asking the State Department to explain how its assurances about security at the U.S. embassy in Afghanistan square with a report this week by the Project On Government Oversight documenting problems.
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Topics: Contract Oversight
September 10, 2013
By Joe Newman
Benghazi Ignored: New Evidence Exposes Gaps in Kabul Embassy Security
The private security force tasked with defending the U.S. Embassy in war-torn Afghanistan has been chronically understaffed, leaving the compound at risk, former guards told the Project On Government Oversight (POGO).
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Topics: Contract Oversight
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