From testimony given in January at a Senate subcommittee hearing to examine spending within the Task Force for Business and Stability Operations, a division of the Department of Defense that was charged with economic development in Afghanistan. The task force was shut down last year. Kelly Ayotte, a senator from New Hampshire, chaired the hearing. Brian McKeon is the principal deputy undersecretary for policy at the Department of Defense. Mike Rounds is a senator from South Dakota. Claire McCaskill is a senator from Missouri.

kelly ayotte: Welcome, everyone. The goals of the Task Force for Business and Stability…