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2013


 
  U.S. FOREIGN ASSISTANCE: WHAT OVERSIGHT MECHANISMS ARE IN PLACE TO 
                         ENSURE ACCOUNTABILITY?

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                                HEARING

                               before the

                         COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT
                         AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                    ONE HUNDRED THIRTEENTH CONGRESS

                             FIRST SESSION

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                             APRIL 10, 2013

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                           Serial No. 113-12

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              COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND GOVERNMENT REFORM

                 DARRELL E. ISSA, California, Chairman
JOHN L. MICA, Florida                ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS, Maryland, 
MICHAEL R. TURNER, Ohio                  Ranking Minority Member
JOHN J. DUNCAN, JR., Tennessee       CAROLYN B. MALONEY, New York
PATRICK T. McHENRY, North Carolina   ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON, District of 
JIM JORDAN, Ohio                         Columbia
JASON CHAFFETZ, Utah                 JOHN F. TIERNEY, Massachusetts
TIM WALBERG, Michigan                WM. LACY CLAY, Missouri
JAMES LANKFORD, Oklahoma             STEPHEN F. LYNCH, Massachusetts
JUSTIN AMASH, Michigan               JIM COOPER, Tennessee
PAUL A. GOSAR, Arizona               GERALD E. CONNOLLY, Virginia
PATRICK MEEHAN, Pennsylvania         JACKIE SPEIER, California
SCOTT DesJARLAIS, Tennessee          MATTHEW A. CARTWRIGHT, 
TREY GOWDY, South Carolina               Pennsylvania
BLAKE FARENTHOLD, Texas              MARK POCAN, Wisconsin
DOC HASTINGS, Washington             TAMMY DUCKWORTH, Illinois
CYNTHIA M. LUMMIS, Wyoming           DANNY K. DAVIS, Illinois
ROB WOODALL, Georgia                 PETER WELCH, Vermont
THOMAS MASSIE, Kentucky              TONY CARDENAS, California
DOUG COLLINS, Georgia                STEVEN A. HORSFORD, Nevada
MARK MEADOWS, North Carolina         MICHELLE LUJAN GRISHAM, New Mexico
KERRY L. BENTIVOLIO, Michigan        VACANCY
RON DeSANTIS, Florida

                   Lawrence J. Brady, Staff Director
                John D. Cuaderes, Deputy Staff Director
                     Robert Borden, General Counsel
                       Linda A. Good, Chief Clerk
                 David Rapallo, Minority Staff Director
                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing held on April 10, 2013...................................     1

                               WITNESSES

Mr. John F. Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan 
  Reconstruction
    Oral Statement...............................................     7
    Written Statement............................................    10
The Honorable Harold W. Geisel, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. 
  Department of State
    Oral Statement...............................................    21
    Written Statement............................................    23
Mr. Michael G. Carroll, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Agency for 
  International Development
    Oral Statement...............................................    34
    Written Statement............................................    36
The Honorable Kenneth P. Moorefield, Deputy Inspector General for 
  Special Plans and Operations, U.S. Department of Defense
    Oral Statement...............................................    52
    Written Statement............................................    54
Mr. Paul H. Cooksey, Deputy Special Inspector General for Iraq 
  Reconstruction
    Oral Statement...............................................    65
    Written Statement............................................    67

                                APPENDIX

The Honorable Elijah Cummings, a Member of Congress from the 
  State of Maryland, Opening Statement...........................   118
The Honorable Jason Chaffetz, a Member of Congress from the State 
  of Utah, Opening Statement.....................................   120
The Honorable John F. Tierney, a Member of Congress from the 
  State of Massachusetts, Opening Statement......................   122
United States Department of State and the Broadcasting Board of 
  Governors, Responses to Questions..............................   124