Media Advisory: Carl Forsberg to Testify Before House on Contracting in Afghanistan

DATE: Tuesday, June 22, 2010

TIME: 2:00 PM EST

LOCATION: Rayburn House Office Building

COMMITTEE: House Committee on Oversight & Government Reform; Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs

EXPERT WITNESS: Carl Forsberg - Afghanistan Scholar, Institute for the Study of War (ISW)

DETAILS: "Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage along the Afghan Supply Chain."

"This hearing will culminate the Subcommittee’s six-month investigation into the Department of Defense's Host Nation Trucking (HNT) contract and related private security contracts for the distribution of U.S. military supplies in Afghanistan. There will be two panels of witnesses. The first panel will feature senior officials from the Department of Defense. The second panel will be composed of experts on private security contracting, politics in Afghanistan, and U.S. counterinsurgency strategy." See www.Oversite.House.Gov for more details.

For media inquiries, please contact ISW Communications Director, Megan Ortagus, at [email protected] or at (202) 293-5550.

Press interviews will take place after the presentation; please email with your request.

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