we spent in Afghanistan over the course of 20 years In Afghanistan rampant corruption and weak governance actu ally undermined our war effort The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction...identified 19 billion in fraud about a third of the 63 billion that he reviewed John Sopko the head of the Afghan Reconstruction Special IG unit...
the most important decision I am astounded that colleagues who supported corrupt govern ment in Afghanistan and an invasion of Iraq now want to bail on the freedom loving democracy defending people of Ukraine...
countries in Asia Europe North Africa and the Middle East including two tours in Iraq three in Afghanistan Assistant Chief of Mission in Kabul Deputy Chief of Mission for Yemen and last year as Consul General...
thousand and forty four That is the number of NATO 18 combat deaths non U S NATO combat deaths in Afghanistan And as you know Mr 19 Chairman and Senator Flake in a recent trip to visit several northern European...
is there with some stability in those countries and has been for the 1 last 17 years with us in Afghanistan It creates a critical part of our national security 2 alliance and architecture so I believe we...
Iraq at No 164 down five slots from its 2011 survey Singapore ranks first the U S fourth while Afghanistan at No 160 ranks ahead of Iraq Ac cording to the report Iraq has instituted no reforms the World...from 1 8 billion in 2001 to 8 8 billion in 2011 Most of this growth was for programs in Iraq and Afghanistan The U S Government does not have in...
seen President Biden s weakness over and over again trans lating into making America less safe In Afghanistan we saw an absolute catastrophe with Biden s surrender to the Taliban abandoning Americans behind...China the weakness of the Biden administration from aban doning Afghanistan from surrendering to Putin has been noticed and the Afghanistan...
serv ing a life sentence Whereas Afghanistan under the control of the Taliban re mains one of the most repressive countries for journal ists with journalists in Afghanistan being subject to ar rest beatings...
Shaheen thank you for the question Denmark has been a very close ally of the U S and a partner in Afghanistan and Iraq a very strong voice against Russian aggres sion It has sent arms to the Baltic to Estonia...actively en gaged NATO Ally Denmark was a valued contributor to NATO s Resolute Support Mission in Afghanistan and currently leads NATO...
is a justification for perpetual war It is precisely that mindset that keeps us bogged down in Afghanistan I mean this talks about you know making sure girls get an education and things like this ad mirable...LEGISLATION S RES 229 Recognizing the devastating attack on a girls in Kabul Afghanistan on May 8 2021 and expressing solidarity with the...