,,iii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session 
,s4 ,,res4 #dfa  ,,in ,,the ,,senate    
,,of ,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #ab1 
#bjaf,mr4 ,paul submitted the following 
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on ,foreign ,relations       
,,resolution  ,commending the ,special  
,inspector ,general for ,afghanistan    
,reconstruction1 ,john ,sopko1 and his  
office for their efforts in providing   
accountability for taxpayer dollars     
spent in ,afghanistan4  ,whereas the    
,office of ,special ,inspector ,general 
for ,afghanistan ,reconstruction        
7,,sigar7 was created in #bjjh to       
provide independent and objective       
analysis and supervision of audits and  
investigations1 to promote economy1     
efficiency1 and effectiveness1 and to   
prevent and detect waste1 fraud1 and    
abuse with regards to amounts           
appropriated or otherwise made available
 for the reconstruction of ,afghanistan2
 ,whereas the ,office of ,special       
,inspector ,general for ,afghanistan    

,reconstruction has1 under the          
leadership of ,,sigar ,john ,sopko1 been
 a strong voice for the good stewardship
 of taxpayer dollars2 ,whereas ,special 
,inspector ,general ,sopko has provided 
testimony #aa times before ,congress2   
,whereas the recommendations of ,,sigar 
have resulted in more than              
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj in potential savings2    
,whereas one investigation revealed     
contract bid-rigging and price-fixing   
that led to the termination of a        
#a1jjj1jjj1jjj ,afghan ,ministry of     
,defense fuel contract1 resulting in    
#bad1jjj1jjj in contract savings to the 
,united ,states ,government2 ,whereas   
,,sigar investigations into waste1      
fraud1 and abuse have led to nearly #gjj
 contractors being prohibited from      
future ,united ,states ,government      
contracts2 ,whereas ,,sigar exposed     
mismanagement and fraud within the      
,united ,nations-administered ,law and  
,order ,trust ,fund for ,afghanistan1   
which provides billions of dollars in   

payments to the ,afghan ,national       
,police2 ,whereas ,,sigar has further   
exposed poor attendance and accounting  
procedures that allow the existence of  
non-existent ,afghan ghost soldiers and 
police1 whose salaries are pocketed by  
corrupt officials2 ,whereas ,,sigar     
discovered the expenditure of #f1jjj1jjj
 on #i goats meant to start a cashmere  
industry in ,afghanistan1 the           
whereabouts of which are now unknown2   
,whereas ,,sigar has attempted to       
provide accountability to #baj1jjj1jjj  
spent on the construction of health care
 facilities in ,afghanistan1 discovering
 that nearly #hj percent of facilities  
have incorrect location data1 where #ac 
facilities were built outside of        
,afghanistan1 including one in the      
,mediterranean ,sea2 ,whereas ,,sigar   
also investigated the circumstances that
 led to the construction of a           
#cf1jjj1jjj ,united ,states military    
command and control facility at ,camp   
,leatherneck that the commanders on the 

ground stated they neither wanted nor   
needed1 and which was never occupied2   
,whereas ,,sigar brought to national    
attention that the ,department of       
,defense lost #bi1jjj1jjj worth of heavy
 equipment1 such as tractor trucks and  
cranes1 which impeded efforts to        
constitute an independent ,afghan       
equivalent to the ,army ,corp of        
,engineers2 and ,whereas ,,sigar exposed
 the ,department of ,defense had spent  
#dc1jjj1jjj on a ,compressed ,natural   
,gas 7,,cng7 filling station1 costing   
nearly #hf times more than a similar    
project1 and that further almost no     
vehicles in ,afghanistan run on ,,cng   
and the cost to convert a vehicle is    
more than the average annual ,afghan    
salary3 ,now1 therefore1 be it  ,that   
the ,senate-- 7#a7 commends the ,office 
of the ,special ,inspector ,general for 
,afghanistan ,reconstruction for its    
ongoing role in identifying and reducing
 waste1 fraud1 and abuse2 and  7#b7     
urges all inspectors general to look to 

the ,office of the ,special ,inspector  
,general for ,afghan ,reconstruction as 
an example of the vigor and independence
 with which the ,senate expects         
inspectors general across government to 
pursue their duty4