Tuesday, February 17, 2015

I don't know what this is all about yet, but you can bet your bippy (oops! a little blast from "Laugh In" days) I'm gonna find out. 

Seriously, why are we suddenly dirt poor? 

And does Afghanistan have anything to do with it?

Remember what Gen. Smedley Butler said...the best time
to steal is during a war.

Below are a few sites that come up when a search is done...they need to be explored...And our Representatives/Senators called with any questions. 



U.S. Suddenly Goes Quiet on Effort to Bolster Afghan Forces ...
www.nytimes.com/.../us-suddenly-goes-quiet-on-effo...
The New York Times
Jan 29, 2015--The cost of teaching Afghan soldiers to read and write? .... found in Appendix E of this report”—that is, the classified section of the report, which ...
The US military just made it a harder to hold them to account ...

www.globalwitness.org/.../the-us-military-just-made-it-a-h...
Global Witness
Jan 30, 2015--But Appendices E and F of the latest release provide especially ... literacy training to Afghan National Security Forces, the $25 million budget for ...
[PDF]In a quarterly report--Special Inspector General for ...
www.sigar.mil/.../20...

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruc...
Jan 30, 2015--spending and operations to protect the U.S. taxpayer's investment in the historic effort to .... 211 Appendix E: SIGAR Data Call Questions Whose.
[PDF]Quarterly Report to the United States Congress - Special ...
www.sigar.mil/.../...

Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruc...
Jan 30, 2014--conditions for on-budget assistance to the Afghan government. During this ..... 215

Appendix E: Abbreviations and Acronyms. 220 Endnotes ...
Afghanistan--Radio Paradise Mobile
www.radioparadise.com/mx-content.php?name...
Radio Paradise

Jan 29, 2015--The United States has spent about $65 billion to build Afghanistan's ... includes boilerplate saying that details “can be found in Appendix E of ...
[PDF]Transforming Wartime Contracting--Washington ...

www.whs.mil/.../CWC_FinalReport-lo...
Washington Headquarters Services
Spending on contracts and grants performed in Iraq and Afghanistan in support of ...... See Appendix E, Table E-5 for a more comprehensive list of most-often ...

[PDF]The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2022
www.cbo.gov/sites/.../01-31-2012_Outlook.pd...
Congressional Budget Office
Jan 5, 2012--values shown in tables and figures in Chapter 2 and Appendix E are based, .... Funding for Operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and for Related ...
Pentagon Spending In Afghanistan Just Got Way Less ...
dailycaller.com/.../pentagon-spending-in-afghanistan-jus...

The Daily Caller
Jan 29, 2015--Pentagon Spending In Afghanistan Just Got Way Less Transparent ... used to gauge U.S. effectiveness were moved to a classified appendix.
Never Mind, Some Afghanistan Operations Just Got ...
dailycaller.com/.../never-mind-some-afghanistan-operati...

The Daily Caller
Feb 2, 2015--The government watchdog for military spending in Afghanistan has ... worth of information on training the Afghan military to a secret appendix.
[PDF]GAO-13-218SP, AFGHANISTAN: Key Oversight Issues - US ...
www.gao.gov/assets/660/652075.pdf

Government Accountability Office
Feb 11, 2013--Figure 10: Afghanistan's Total Public Expenditures from 2006 to .... A print version of this graphic is also available in appendices I, II and III. ... Mazar-e. Sharif. Source: GAO analysis of Central Intelligence Agency and National ...