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Audit: US Can’t Account for $17.7B in Afghan Spending

HeadlineOct 29, 2010

A new government audit shows the US can’t account for nearly $18 billion earmarked for the Afghan war. The Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction says the government doesn’t know how some $17.7 billion obligated to over 7,000 contractors has been disbursed.

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