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Lack of oversight in a State Department bureau's $47 million sole-source contract for justice training in Afghanistan raises serious concerns about whether U.S. taxpayer money is being spent properly, according to an alert letter sent to Secretary of State John Kerry by the Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction Thursday. (AP/Mandel Ngan)

John Kerry warned about sole-source aid contract for Afghan justice training

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Kinzinger Remains Hopeful

Kinzinger Remains Hopeful

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IG: Afghan contractor fraud killing American soldiers
Washington Secrets

IG: Afghan contractor fraud killing American soldiers

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The Promoting Gender Equality in National Priority Programs project is intended to build on the U.S. Agency for International Development's previous efforts in promoting Afghan women over the past decade. (AP File)
Beltway Confidential

Afghan women to receive grant from USAID

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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel greets troops before sitting down for lunch at an undisclosed location in South East Asia, April 25, 2013. Hagel has been lunching with troops regularly in his effort to keep an eye on their morale and needs. (Photo by Erin A. Kirk-Cuomo)
Politics

Pentagon’s Chuck Hagel breaks the mold, makes time for the troops

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More than $100 million in State Department grants to foreign organizations for reconstruction work in Afghanistan has never been audited. (Photo: Thinkstock)

State Department hands out millions in grants that are never audited

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A Bad Month in Afghanistan

A Bad Month in Afghanistan

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USAID distributed solar panels to shop keepers in Afghanistan, many of whom were not equipped for electricity. (Thinkstock Image)
Energy and Environment

US Afghan aid buys solar panels for farmers without electricity

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[I]t is more doubtful than ever before that any government-sponsored and -administered gold standard would be sufficiently credible to either be spared from or to withstand redemption runs. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Economy

Big Ideas: On state power, the gold standard and Afghanistan

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Pentagon buying Russian copters for Afghans who aren’t ready to fly them
Washington Secrets

Pentagon buying Russian copters for Afghans who aren’t ready to fly them

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