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USAID paid $500 a gallon for gas, failed to catch $500,000 in overpayments...
Washington Examiner ^ | OCTOBER 23, 2013 | MICHAL CONGER

Posted on 10/23/2013 8:57:20 PM PDT by huldah1776

"Construction of a $14.6 million hospital in Gardez, Afghanistan, is 23 months behind schedule and costing taxpayers more than half a million dollars in overpayments the U.S. Agency for International Development and its contractor failed to catch."

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"Sadath also charged outlandish costs during its long-delayed construction, which neither IOM or USAID caught. The contractor charged $500 per gallon for 300 gallons of gas, which should have cost no more than $5 per gallon, according to the IG.

Sadath also charged $220,000 for an automatic temperature control device that should have cost between $2,000 and $10,000. Together, these overpayments came to $507,000"

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: afghanistan; corruption; debt
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1 posted on 10/23/2013 8:57:20 PM PDT by huldah1776
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Obama-Care
Obama-Ware
Obama-Aid


2 posted on 10/23/2013 9:15:53 PM PDT by Gene Eric (Don't be a statist!)
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To: huldah1776

I don’t know whether this applies here or not, but sending gasoline to forward operating bases is really expensive, because they need air support and snipers and road inspections and whatnot to protect the convoy bringing it.


3 posted on 10/23/2013 9:21:09 PM PDT by coloradan (The US has become a banana republic, except without the bananas - or the republic.)
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To: huldah1776

Nation building is stupid


4 posted on 10/23/2013 9:29:48 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

>> Nation building is stupid

Nation? Nation? This craphole is a place BETWEEN nations.


5 posted on 10/23/2013 9:35:39 PM PDT by QBFimi (When gunpowder speaks, beasts listen.)
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To: huldah1776

On purpose.


6 posted on 10/23/2013 9:39:59 PM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: QBFimi

bump


7 posted on 10/23/2013 9:40:08 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: huldah1776

Sounds about right for fuel delivery in an Islamic controlled combat zone. I’d charge even more.


8 posted on 10/23/2013 9:43:41 PM PDT by ltc8k6
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To: huldah1776

USAID one of the biggest enablers of Free Trade Communism. Most of its funding goes to companies to take businesses out of America and put them in other countries


9 posted on 10/24/2013 3:05:25 AM PDT by SeminoleCounty (Fact Is: GOPe want ObamaCare.)
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To: ltc8k6

I can understand that, but a tanker holds how many gallons? I think this was a contractor for the building of the hospital. Does it cost us $500 a gallon to supply the boots?


10 posted on 10/24/2013 9:01:52 AM PDT by huldah1776
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