Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage along the Afghan Supply Chain (Part 1)
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Date: 2011-01-11

Investigation of Protection Payments for Safe Passage along the Afghan Supply Chain (Part 1) - House Oversight Committee - 2010-06-22 - House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in 2154 Rayburn, the Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs held a hearing on Chairman Tierney and the Majority staff's findings that Afghan warlords and insurgents are extorting protection payments from the American contractors and subcontractors who transport goods and materials to U.S. troops throughout Afghanistan. Video provided by the U.S. House of Representatives.