Member Statements

• Senator Claire McCaskill, D (MO)
• Chairman Rob Portman R (OH)

Agenda

The purpose of the hearing was to assess the management and oversight of reconstruction contracts in Afghanistan. In particular, the hearing focused on the extent to which the Defense Department and USAID have incorporated and institutionalized the lessons learned since the beginning of the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The hearing also provided an opportunity to review finding from the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the Defense Department’s management and oversight of reconstruction contracts. This hearing was the fifth in a planned series of hearings covering actual and potential waste, fraud, and abuse in Afghanistan contracts.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mr.  Larry Walker

  President

  The Louis Berger Group, Inc
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• Mr.   Wahid Hakki

  Chief Executive Officer

  Contrack International, Inc
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Panel 2

• William Solis

  Director, Defense Capabilities and Management

  Government Accountability Office
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• David S. Sedney

  Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Central Asia

  Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Asian and Pacific Security Affairs, U.S. Department of Defense
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• Mr.   Kim Denver

  Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Procurement

  U.S. Army
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• Mr.   J. Alexander Thier

  Assistant to the Administrator and Director, Office of Afghanistan and Pakistan Affairs

  U.S. Agency for International Development
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