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Afghanistan IG: ‘No One in the Government Has Been Held Accountable’
CNS News.com ^ | 10/7/2021 | Patrick Goodenough

Posted on 10/07/2021 11:44:44 AM PDT by Beave Meister

(CNSNews.com) – The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction told lawmakers on Wednesday that his office has issued 11 reports and 600 audits since its creation in 2008, but that despite “all of the reports we’ve done, no one in the government has been held accountable.”

“I always joke that the only person who’s ever going to get fired over Afghanistan is probably going to be me,” John Sopko told the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee that deals with international development.

“Nobody else,” he said. “Not the generals who came up [to the Hill] and spun and spun and spun, and the ambassadors and aid administrators who gave bogus data to you. None of them have been held accountable.”

“You have to hold people accountable, ma’am,” Sopko told Rep. Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), who was questioning him at time during the virtual hearing.

“It is the role of Congress to protect the taxpayers’ purse – and it’s through oversight and withholding funds and sending messages to certain errant bureaucrats. Bring ’em up. Hold people accountable, congresswoman.”

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KEYWORDS: afghanstan; agencies; ambassadors; congress; corruption; dod; fraud; generals; government; governmentagencies; ig; johnsopko; sigar; statedepartment; thehill
What he meant to say is no Democrat or RINO is held accountable. If you're a Republican or a Conservative, you will be raked through the coals...
1 posted on 10/07/2021 11:44:44 AM PDT by Beave Meister
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To: Beave Meister

The Clintons figured out how to steal during a war during the fighting in Bosnia.

They passed that knowledge on to their Democrat buddies.

Send Hillary to Libya to make some demands.


2 posted on 10/07/2021 11:53:22 AM PDT by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer”)
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To: Beave Meister
The special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction - “all of the reports we’ve done, no one in the government has been held accountable.”

Aren't the Marines court martialing an officer for saying exactly that?

3 posted on 10/07/2021 11:57:22 AM PDT by pfflier
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To: pfflier

If I’m not mistaken, this guy can’t be fired unless he shows up naked, with a gun, or pinches someone on the butt.


4 posted on 10/07/2021 12:12:48 PM PDT by The Antiyuppie (When small men cast long shadows, then it is very late in the day.)
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To: Beave Meister

The fact that this abomination is fading into the rear view mirror already is yet more shame on our country.


5 posted on 10/07/2021 12:22:12 PM PDT by gloryblaze
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To: Beave Meister

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6 posted on 10/07/2021 12:41:26 PM PDT by sauropod
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To: The Antiyuppie
"If I’m not mistaken, this guy can’t be fired unless he shows up naked, with a gun, or pinches someone on the butt."

... or if he fails to get the "vaccine"; or if he doesn't refer to a co-worker by their preferred pronouns; of if he shows up at a local school board meeting to protest indoctrinating his children with CRT; or if he supports the Texas ban on abortion once a heartbeat is detected; or if he thinks there might have been some legitimate concerns with the 2020 elections;

I could go on and on ...

7 posted on 10/07/2021 12:48:00 PM PDT by Be Free (When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.)
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