"… O) report. Production lagged well behind schedule, and the wars in Iraq an Afghanistan required a different type of plane, capable mostly of bombing rather than …"

"… agreement in Kabul on Tuesday to withdraw the majority of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2014, he spoke of a future Afghanistan, able to stand on its own as a r …"

"… the majority of U.S. forces from Afghanistan by 2014, he spoke of a future Afghanistan, able to stand on its own as a respected member of the international commu …"

"… dark cloud of war,” said Obama. “Yet here, in the predawn darkness of Afghanistan, we can see the light of a new day on the horizon.”A more sobering view …"

"… t on reconstruction efforts since 2002. U.S. Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Steven Trent warned that deep corruption persists in the co …"

"… reement with the Obama administration’s continued spending on the war in Afghanistan was particularly intense, with 85 percent of respondents expressing suppor …"

"… tor is their pick for the vacant position of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), a key watchdog role as the U.S. draws down its for …"

"… ill have his hands full. Waste, fraud and corruption in U.S. operations in Afghanistan have been persistent challenges. In 2011 a government watchdog estimated t …"

"… estimated that one-sixth of the nearly $100 billion spent by Washington in Afghanistan since 2002 was wasted.Last month, in SIGAR’s quarterly report to Congres …"

"… seeing serious oversight of the tens of billions of dollars being spent on Afghanistan reconstruction” in coming years.Through a White House spokesman, Sopko d …"

"… �quite remarkable document” that clarified the path to a withdrawal from Afghanistan and set in motion “a process” toward a reduction of tactical nuclear a …"

"… l as the “most useless waste of time, money, and fuel” imaginable. The Afghanistan decisions were “just acknowledging a foregone conclusion,” Walt writes …"

"… r those keen to learn, meanwhile, exactly what we’ve been buying in Afghanistan over the past decade, there is a brief but useful new report on that subje …"

"… ghts repeated missteps and failures over the past decade, in both Iraq and Afghanistan.There was a “failure to recognize, acknowledge and accurately define” …"

"… ipment were ill-suited to the tasks that troops actually faced in Iraq and Afghanistan.These self-critical conclusions appear in the first volume of a draft repo …"

"… ance in 2004-2005, and NATO’s takeover in 2006 of military operations in Afghanistan.“Failure to adequately plan and resource strategic and operational trans …"

"… skills, to include civil affairs, had not been adequately rehearsed.” In Afghanistan, “the planning assumed that the chief duty” of international troops af …"

"… t approximately $45.4 million. …"

"… Central Command, or CENTCOM, made the changes based on new information in Afghanistan.CENTCOM spokesman Oscar Seara, said the late contract revisions were partl …"

"… ent of Afghan law enforcement fell outside the scope of DoD’s mission in Afghanistan.Ben Freeman, an investigator for the non-profit Project on Government Over …"

"… eant to bolster military recruitment efforts for the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.Gordon Adams, a former Office of Management and Budget associate director …"