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Oversight

How to Conduct Oversight of Afghanistan: A Conversation with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction

Sep 17
12pm – 1pm

Event Info

Friday, September 17, 2021
Virtual (Zoom)
12pm – 1pm

Given several committees' call for hearings on recent developments in Afghanistan, we are hosting a special training session with the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) to help Congressional staff understand what went wrong and how to improve oversight investigations on Afghanistan.


Registration for this event has closed. Check below for video, audio, or other resources from the event.

Presenters:

  • John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Mr. Sopko was sworn in on July 2, 2012. Mr. Sopko, appointed to the post by President Obama, has more than 30 years of experience in oversight and investigations as a prosecutor, congressional counsel, and senior federal government advisor.

The session was moderated by Tim Stretton, Director of POGO's Congressional Oversight Initiative.


Training Resources:

  • “Setting the record straight on 'The Afghanistan Papers'” - Mr. Sopko’s letter to the editor published in The Washington Post regarding the “Afghanistan Papers.”
  • “1978 – 2018: 40 Years of IGs Helping Congress Fight Waste and Protect the Taxpayer” - Mr. Sopko's 2018 Levin Center speech on the role of IGs and congressional oversight.
  • Oversight Committee Chairs and Ranking Members Send Bipartisan Request to Inspector General to Conduct Afghanistan Review - A very recent letter from the House Committee on Oversight and Reform to SIGAR asking to answer several critical questions about Afghanistan’s collapse.

Additional Resources:

Recent Press Interviews

  • CBS Sunday Morning: 11 days in August: How Afghanistan Fell
  • Amanpour (CNN/PBS): The man chasing ghosts in Afghanistan
  • Rachel Maddow (MSNBC): 'No one should be surprised by this': U.S. Afghanistan watchdog on mission's collapse 

Recent Articles Summarizing SIGAR’s Oversight Work

  • Bloomberg: The U.S. Knew the Truth About Afghanistan. It Didn't Listen
  • USA Today: Fraud, waste and abuse in Afghanistan: Inspector general reflects on US failures
  • The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Left Afghanistan Littered With Decaying Factories, Schools, Offices
  • Government Executive: ‘All the Signs Have Been There’ Predicting Afghan Security Force Collapse, IG Says


  • 2021-22 Congressional Training Program Schedule

Congressional Oversight Initiative

The Congressional Oversight Initiative at POGO enhances Congress's ability to conduct effective oversight through congressional trainings and hundreds of informational resources.

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