The State Department came under fire on Capitol Hill on Tuesday for plans to bring in thousands of private contractors to protect diplomats once American troops withdraw from Iraq at the end of the year.
A nonpartisan panel reporting to Congress says the United States is wasting $12 million a day among contracts issued in support of American efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to the Commission on Wartime Contracts, the Pentagon wasted at least $60 billion in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The State Department came under sharp criticism Monday over how it hires and monitors thousands of private contractors.
A new report blasts the U.S. government for wasting tens of billions of dollars in Iraq and Afghanistan by relying too much on contractors and doing too little to monitor their performance.
The company formerly known as Blackwater, now called Xe much to its chagrin, has been at the center of the contractor debate for years.
Citing the need to restore public trust in an inefficient and allegedly corrupt military procurement process, a new government commission Monday officially began hearings to account for billions of taxpayer dollars misspent in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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