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Rachel Martin

Stephen King

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Luke Perry

Alex Stamos

Glenn Gerstell

Ryan McMahon

David Cooper

John Carlin

Robert Gates

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John Sopko "Afghanistan: Lessons Unlearned" 

This episode references:SIGAR's 2019 High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdfInteractive High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.htmlSIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congresshttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdfLearning Lessons: Capturing and Institutionalizing Lessonsfrom Complex Stabilization Effortshttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-17-15-LL.pdf"Boondoggle HQ: The $25 Million Building in Afghanistan Nobody Needed" Pro Publica, May 20, 2015.https://projects.propublica.org/graphics/boondoggle Cleveland.Com "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.htmlJohn Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstructionhttps://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR

This episode references: SIGAR's 2019 High Risk Listhttps://<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf</a> Interactive High Risk Listhttps://<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html</a> SIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congresshttps://<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf</a> Learning Lessons: Capturing and Institutionalizing Lessonsfrom Complex Stabilization Effortshttps://<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-17-15-LL.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sigar.mil/pdf/lessonslearned/SIGAR-17-15-LL.pdf</a> "Boondoggle HQ: The $25 Million Building in Afghanistan Nobody Needed" Pro Publica, May 20, 2015.https://<a href="http://projects.propublica.org/graphics/boondoggle" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">projects.propublica.org/graphics/boondoggle</a> <a href="http://Cleveland.Com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cleveland.Com</a> "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019https://<a href="http://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html</a> John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstructionhttps://<a href="http://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR</a>

Inspectors General: Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan Part II with John Sopko

This episode references:The Inspector General Act of 1978, As Amendedhttps://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&amp;edition=prelim2008 National Defense Authorization Act, SIGAR authorities at Section 1229https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ181/PLAW-110publ181.pdfSIGAR's 2019 High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdfInteractive High Risk Listhttps://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.htmlSIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congresshttps://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdfCounternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistanhttps://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/counternarcotics/index.htmlReintegration of Ex-Combatants: Lessons from the U.S.Experience in Afghanistanhttps://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/reintegration/index.htmlWashington Post, "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War", December 9, 2019https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/ Cleveland.Com "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.htmlJohn Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstructionhttps://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR

This episode references: The Inspector General Act of 1978, As Amended <a href="https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&amp;edition=prelim" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?path=/prelim@title5/title5a/node20&amp;edition=prelim</a> 2008 National Defense Authorization Act, SIGAR authorities at Section 1229 <a href="https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ181/PLAW-110publ181.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.congress.gov/110/plaws/publ181/PLAW-110publ181.pdf</a> SIGAR's 2019 High Risk List <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/2019_High-Risk_List.pdf</a> Interactive High Risk List <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/high-risk-list/index.html</a> SIGAR's April 30, 2020 Quarterly Report to Congress <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/quarterlyreports/2020-04-30qr.pdf</a> Counternarcotics: Lessons from the U.S. Experience in Afghanistan <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/counternarcotics/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/counternarcotics/index.html</a> Reintegration of Ex-Combatants: Lessons from the U.S.Experience in Afghanistan <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/reintegration/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/interactive-reports/reintegration/index.html</a> Washington Post, "The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War", December 9, 2019 <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/investigations/afghanistan-papers/documents-database/</a> <a href="http://Cleveland.Com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cleveland.Com</a> "John Sopko fought the Mafia in Cleveland and now he's fighting fraud and corruption in Afghanistan", updated January 12, 2019 <a href="https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.cleveland.com/open/2013/07/he_fought_the_mafia_in_clevela.html</a> John Sopko is the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction <a href="https://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.sigar.mil/about/leadership/leadership.aspx?SSR=1&amp;SubSSR=2&amp;Sub2SSR=1&amp;WP=IG%20SIGAR</a>

Inspectors General: Anti-Corruption in Afghanistan Part I with John Sopko

Even accounting for inflation, the United States has spent more on the rebuilding of Afghanistan than it spent rebuilding Western Europe after World War II. What does it have to show for it? Did fraud sabotage the effort? Did our leaders lie about how it all was going? This week, Grant Reeher speaks with John Sopko, Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction.

John Sopko on the Campbell Conversations