The Boston Globe and the Washington Post reported on US Representative John Tierney's questioning on the Department of Defense during a hearing focused on continued reports of contracting corruption in Afghanistan.
The hearing was scheduled on September 15 as a follow-up to Warlord Inc., Tierney’s 2010 investigation into the Army’s $2.16 billion Afghanistan Host Nation Trucking contract. “In plain English: the investigation found that the Department of Defense’s supply chain in Afghanistan relied on paying the enemy and fueling corruption in order to maintain our substantial military footprint," Tierney said in his address.

Pentagon officials told the subcommittee that a new trucking contract, which goes into effect on 16 September, will decrease the level of corruption through wider competition, increased vetting and improved military oversight, along with a “code of ethics” for the contractors.

You can see a clip of the hearing below:

Read the Boston Globe's article 'Tierney complains about Afghan contractor corruption' from 15 September 2011.

Read the Washington Post's article 'Corrupt Afghan trucking for U.S. military probed by Congress' from that same date.