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The Pentagon has no idea where $800 million in aid money went
• Business InsiderThe Pentagon's Task Force for Business and Stability Operations (TFSBO), which received more than $800 million from Congress to spend on economic redevelopment in Afghanistan, has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill following a series of reports about wasteful spending.
On Wednesday, the Senate Armed Services Committee Readiness and Management Support subpanel finally had a chance to question John Sopko, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), and a top Pentagon official about the task force.
"What happened to the money," asked subpanel chair Kelly Ayotte (R-NH), who is up for re-election this year. "All of it."