Video: US House Oversight Cmte on Transition to Civilian-led Mission

The US House Oversight Committee held a hearing to assess the transition of control in Iraq from a military to a civilian-led mission.

Witnesses included:

• The Honorable Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary for Management, U.S. Department of State;
• Mr. Peter Verga, Chief of Staff for the Under Secretary for Policy, U.S. Department of Defense;
• The Honorable Mara Rudman, Assistant Administrator, Bureau for the Middle East, U.S. Agency for International Development;
• Mr. Michael Courts, Acting Director, International Affairs and Trade, U.S. Government Accountability Office;
• Ambassador Harold Geisel, Acting Inspector General, U.S. Department of State;
• Mr. Mickey McDermott, Special Deputy Inspector General for Southwest Asia, U.S. Department of Defense Office of Inspector General;
• Mr. Michael Carroll, Deputy Inspector General, U.S. Agency for International Development;
• The Honorable Stuart Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction.

You can download Inspector Bowen's report here.

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