In the reconstruction of Afghanistan, U.S., Iraqi repeat mistakes.

American auditor warned of wasteful spending in the reconstruction of Afghanistan, writes The Washington Post. Stuart Bowen, the chief auditor of the U.S. reconstruction of Iraq, I am confident that the U.S. follow in Afghanistan admitted mistakes in Iraq.
Bowen told in an interview that the changes in the control of expenditure, entering into contracts with contractors and design, proposed by the auditors and independent experts on the basis of Iraq's bitter experience in Afghanistan have not been realized.
Although, according to Bowen, the structural changes in the process of rebuilding Afghanistan, which has already cost the U.S. $ 30 billion, to late, the administration of Barack Obama could bring a loss of funds to a minimum. To do so, issue a special directive of the rules of funds at the conclusion and implementation of contracts relating to Afghanistan. To oversee the implementation of the directive Bowen proposes to establish a special working group of representatives from the Pentagon, State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development.
On Monday the release of the prepared office Bowen - Special Inspector General of Iraq's reconstruction (SIGIR) - a book entitled "Hard Lessons" (Hard Lessons). In this work dealt with the Iraqi experience, and proposes reforms to prevent future failures. The same issues involved in two-Commission on the conclusion of contracts during wartime, set up by the U.S. Congress last year. The first hearing of the Commission is also scheduled for Monday.
Job apparatus Bowen has been in five years, and auditors found significant errors in the expenditure allocated for the reconstruction of Iraq's $ 50 billion. For example, in July, Bowen announced that because of the lack of security of the Iraqi federal treasury spent wasted 560 million. 4 billion of the allocated funds have not yet been expended, and audit work Bowen and his colleagues continues.