I think that's a totally inadequate response.

We have to have tough-minded economic sanctions.

We are incentivizing hostage-taking.

I think that is one of the problems when we look at $800 million of taxpayer dollars, and we cannot show any metrics or deliverables.

Again, as I understand your testimony, Mr. Sopko, even that individual cannot fully answer the question about the number because of the lack of recordkeeping.

We are not giving up on standing up against their malign behavior.

So did we keep metrics or anything like that for this task force?

I just want to make sure that that is in the record, because having certainly had the opportunity to know General Odierno, we know he is one of the finest generals to serve our Nation.

I am personally skeptical of the Department of Defense as a natural home for [economic development during a contingency operation].

Do you think that was a wise use of taxpayer dollars?

I want to make sure that every member of our military or our civilian workforce understands that they can fully come forward with any issue that they have or concern about not only how taxpayer dollars are spent but also how the business…

the most recent audit on the extractives industry portrayed a mixed record of the various projects in the energy sector