U.S. Spending In Afghanistan Often Unaccounted For

Now more than eight years into the war, the government office in charge of tracking these projects has issued its first major report. The conclusion is that billions of dollars have been spent, but no one knows for sure what that money has bought. --- Between 2007 and 2009, the U.S. government paid $18 billion to roughly 7,000 contractors doing reconstruction in Afghanistan. -- Listen to the Story
U.S. Spending In Afghanistan Often Unaccounted For
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