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Worldwide Waste: How the Government is Using and Losing Your Money Abroad - Part IV: Foreign Infrastructure

Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight and Emergency Management
Abstract
Chairman Rand Paul of the Subcommittee on Federal Spending Oversight from the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs issued a series of waste reports of American foreign expenditure. This is part 4 of 7 cataloging over $3 billion in wasteful spending. This specific volume reports on foreign infrastructure including ~$327 million in Afghan Road development, ~$255 million in one Afghan highway, $43 million for Afghan gas stations ~$400 million in Afghan National Army equipment, ~$1.8 million in Afghan electricity awareness, $78 million in Georgian oil and gas pipelines, $1 million in Burma Highway safety, and ~$1.8 million in motorcycle helmet giveaways.
Date
2017-02-01
Document Type
Senate Majority Staff Report
Serial Number
Document Length
8 pages
Congress
115
Relation
DOI
Keywords
Staff Reports
PAP Major Code
20: Government Operations
PAP Minor Code
2002: Government Efficiency, General Regulatory Policy and Bureaucratic Oversight
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