Your tax dollars are paying for soldiers in Afghanistan who don’t exist. Watch our Full Measure investigation at the link below: http://fullmeasure.news/news/cover-story/ghost-soldiers-07-30-2017
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Afghanistan and billions of US tax dollar waste
As President Trump talks about removing remaining US troops from Afghanistan, we’ll have a troubling assessment of all the American tax dollars lost to waste, fraud and abuse. Sunday on Full Measure, we’re talking to the Obama-appointed watchdog who still serves under President Trump: the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction Inspector General John Sopko. […]
Your tax dollars: wasted on an unwanted building (& other reasons to watch Sunday’s “Full Measure”)
5 good reasons to watch this Sunday’s “Full Measure” We investigate why millions of your tax dollars paid for a building nobody wanted, needed or intended to use. We chat with Ben Carson. Scott Thuman investigates security risks posed by refugees being admitted to the U.S. We interview President Obama’s former Ambassador to Syria Robert […]
Despite US taxpayer billions, Afghanistan remains global leader in illicit opium
[Above image: a seedhead of Opium Poppy Papaver somniferum with white latex] Despite $8.2 billion U.S. tax dollars poured into counternarcotics efforts in Afghanistan, that country remains the world’s leader in the illicit opium trade. That’s according to a new report just released from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction. Not only does Afghanistan produce […]