43 mil for gas station in afgan..compliments of USA

[Gracie]

Pentagon spends $43M to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog

The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday.

The Pentagon "charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world's most expensive gas station," said John Sopko, head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a congressionally mandated body. The amount was spent between 2011 and 2014 on construction and initial implementation of the station.

 

[Indeependent]

Pentagon spends $43M to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog

The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday.

The Pentagon "charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world's most expensive gas station," said John Sopko, head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a congressionally mandated body. The amount was spent between 2011 and 2014 on construction and initial implementation of the station.

Did that include the entire building of the civil infrastructure or just the gas station?

 

[Rozman]

It's Booooooooosh's fault as all things are....

 

[Katzndogz]

Just the gas station. And. It never opened.

 

[Indeependent]

Just the gas station. And. It never opened.

Well, SOMEBODY made some bucks there.

 

[Gracie]

Pentagon spends $43M to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog

The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday.

The Pentagon "charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world's most expensive gas station," said John Sopko, head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a congressionally mandated body. The amount was spent between 2011 and 2014 on construction and initial implementation of the station.

Did that include the entire building of the civil infrastructure or just the gas station?

I dunno. Nobody else seems to know either.

 

[Gracie]

43 mil would sure build a lot of homes for the elderly and the poor ri'chere in the USA. But..afghan needs a gas station I guess.

 

[Stephanie]

come on, it's the Messiah tyrant Obama and his administration of tyrants. they don't have to tell us anything and can use OUR TAX DOLLARS for whatever the hell they feel like.

we have been abused, used and damn near raped by this man, his wife and his administration. they'll be looking to see what else they can raise taxes on us.

did we ever hear where that nearly a TRILLION dollars of the stimulus they stole from us, where it went to? naaaa, they don't have to account to us peasants.

 

[westwall]

Friends of Obama seem to have made out like bandits on that deal!

 

[HereWeGoAgain]

So I guess they dont have obama gas there?

 

[waltky]

Granny says, "One helluva expensive gas station - dat's what...

What Do You Get for $766 Million in Afghanistan? DoD Isn't Sure
Nov 02, 2015 | WASHINGTON -- The "world's most expensive gas station" might still be operating -- or maybe not. The Department of Defense says it has no current information about the taxpayer-funded project, or any of the others that were part of its $766 million program to stimulate economic development in Afghanistan.

According to letters between the top government watchdog in Afghanistan and a DoD official, the Pentagon has had no oversight of outcomes for its Task Force for Business and Stability Operations programs since the task force ended in March. The correspondence is included in a scathing report released Monday from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction about a gas station in northern Afghanistan that investigators say cost 140 times what it should have. "DoD charged the American taxpayer $43 million for what is likely the world's most expensive gas station," Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction John Sopko said in an email response to Stars and Stripes. "DoD spent nearly $800 million ... but now they claim no one knows anything about it."

The compressed natural gas station, built in the city of Sheberghan, was part of a plan to persuade Afghan drivers to switch from gasoline and to encourage international companies to invest in Afghanistan's nascent natural gas industry. The original contract to build the station was for $3 million. SIGAR's report says similar gas stations in Pakistan cost about $300,000. "The Sheberghan facility is yet another example of this Administration's reckless spending," Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, said in an email to Stars and Stripes. "DoD has no explanation or documentation as to why it cost a massive $43 million to construct a compressed natural gas station in Afghanistan." The DoD did not respond to a request for comment.

Sopko began the review in May. In a letter to Defense Secretary Ash Carter, Sopko said, "On its face, this project does not seem feasible for several reasons." He went on to ask questions on how much revenue the station has provided to the Afghan government, which provides oversight for the station, and whether there was a feasibility study. A defense official responded June 17, saying the program had closed about three months earlier and Carter's office could no longer answer questions about it. "With respect to the detailed questions that you have posed regarding the Downstream Gas Utilization project, the closure of the TFBSO in March 2015 and departure of all of its employees have resulted in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) no longer possessing the personnel expertise to address these questions or to assess properly the TFBSO information and documentation retained by (Washington Headquarters Services) in the OSD Executive Archive," Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Brian McKeon wrote in the response to Sopko.

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[Delta4Embassy]

Pentagon spends $43M to build Afghanistan gas station: watchdog

The U.S. Department of Defense spent nearly $43 million on a gas station in northern Afghanistan and has been unable to explain why it cost so much, a U.S. special inspector reported on Monday.

The Pentagon "charged the American taxpayers $43 million for what is likely to be the world's most expensive gas station," said John Sopko, head of the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, a congressionally mandated body. The amount was spent between 2011 and 2014 on construction and initial implementation of the station.

And we shouldn't audit the defense department because...?