Secretary Gates, in this audit, the SIGAR described a particular $404 million training contract where the government contracting personnel were located in Maryland and Pennsylvania--nine time zones away from where the work was actually being performed.
McCain questions the effectiveness of contract oversight due to personnel being far from the work site.
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