4 senators urge Obama to fire Afghanistan watchdog

[maddezmom]

Source: AP

4 senators urge Obama to fire Afghanistan watchdog
By RICHARD LARDNER (AP) – 5 hours ago

WASHINGTON — A group of senators urged President Barack Obama on Thursday to fire the special inspector general responsible for overseeing how billions of American tax dollars are being spent to rebuild Afghanistan.

In a letter to Obama, the lawmakers — three Republicans and one Democrat — say the inspector general, Arnold Fields, is at the helm of a failing organization and needs to be replaced. The senators said three independent reviews of Fields' office found multiple problems, including a failure to meet minimum standards for conducting investigations.

Fields, a retired Marine Corps major general, was traveling to Afghanistan on Thursday. The office's spokeswoman, Susan Phalen, did not address the letter in an e-mailed statement. But she said numerous improvements have been made following the reviews by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency.

The special inspector general's office is "in full compliance with all the attorney general's guidelines for inspectors general with statutory law enforcement authority," Phalen said.

Sens. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., Tom Coburn, R-Okla., Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, signed the letter.


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[OnyxCollie]

1. All the good bushies

still in place to do "oversight". Just like the DoJ.

It's no wonder why nothing's changed.