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US doesn't vet Afghan contractors well enough to ensure money doesn't fall into terrorist hands

By Laurel Adams

GAO says US isn't adequately screening Afghan contractors for terror ties

The ledger sheet after a decade of war in Afghanistan

By Aaron Mehta

As Obama looks forward on Afghanistan, a look back

After bin Laden, militants closer to Pakistan nukes

By Malik Siraj Akbar

FAS study yields concern over security around Pakistan nuclear weapons
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FACT CHECK: New TV ad uses out-of-context quotes from U.S. military leaders

By FactCheck.Org and Eugene Kiely

Cheney ad

House offers budget boost to troubled Pentagon agency fighting roadside bombs

By Corbin Hiar

The House has added more cash for the Pentagon's troubled agency fighting roadside bombs

Cutting through the fog of war

By Daniel Politi

Open records law offers flawed glimpse of government contracting
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The merchant of death

By André Verlöy

With 300 employees and a large fleet of cargo planes, Victor Bout's actions were near impossible to track

Collateral damage

By Nathaniel Heller, Tom Stites and Ben Welsh

U.S. hands out vast sums of money to combat terrorism while ignoring human rights records; lobbying key to funding flows

Excerpts from this story referencing "Morocco":

"… North Africa. In a July 2006 report examining U.S. military assistance to Morocco and Tunisia, the GAO found "lapses in the vetting of trainees during fisca …"

Billions in aid, with no accountability

By Sarah Fort and Sarah Fort

Pakistan receives the most post-9/11 U.S. military funding, yet has failed to ferret out al Qaeda, Taliban leaders

Excerpts from this story referencing "Asia":

"… erterrorism operations. According to K. Alan Kronstadt, an expert on South Asia at the Congressional Research Service, by August 2006, CSF accounted for r …"

"… eport on the human rights performance of internal security forces in South Asia, said she's concerned that U.S.-made weapons that go to Pakistani security …"

"… y hand last year."Christine Fair, co-author of the RAND report and a South Asia expert at the U.S. Institute for Peace, said that the U.S. is nearsighted …"

"… him in place, to keep the army happy."Says T. Kumar, advocacy director for Asia and Pacific at Amnesty International USA: "Pakistan is a solid dictatorshi …"

A repugnant choice

By Sarah Fort

In dealing with Uzbek dictator, U.S. buys access to air field — even after eviction

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