USAID Calls Accusations of Afghanistan Cover-Up ‘Offensive’
USAID Calls Accusations of Afghanistan Cover-Up 'Offensive' by Charles S. Clark, Government Executive
Tensions flared Thursday between a special watchdog and the agency charged with planting seeds of development in war-torn Afghanistan.
During a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee subcommittee hearing, a U.S. Agency for International Development official said an accusation that the agency had covered up information on Afghan ministries’ ties to terrorism was “false” and “offensive.” …