mr. bowen, you're recognized for five minutes. >> thank y, mr. chairman, ranking membertiy, er omee t poitoapeu of titfrhe tao civilian-led mission in iraq. my statement examines this question in light of five issues; the police developnt rahecutun, coatn ,an sin o retronet ahe cr imi stivti t we've seen in this year. i'll briefly summarize eachf our, each of mypoin iny po dop pam le esog si fodnant to state management over the last eight months. interestingly, it transitioned from state management to dod management eight years nl ra ed e e dtm enlylls ra d zehe sri ssreed formation of something called the multi-national security transition command in iraq which operated the police training an apldnd nd gnanoufey hor, not well planned or well agreed to or a sufficient reement wasn't secured from the iraqis as oit st to al av aervi ng hilyhll fw oatitoot progress made with regard to those recommendations, but the most significant events that have occurred since then he been the reduction the size og reitth taq thhe clehe sri le tcoueraq have limit

i look forward to taking any questions you might have. >> mr. bowen, you are recognized for five minutes. >> thank you for the opportunity to present assessment of the transition from the mid took -- from the military to civilian- led mission in iraq. there are five issues. the police program, the security situation, the transfer and sustainment every construction assets, the increase in criminal investigative activity we have seen this year. i will briefly summarize each of my points in my oral statement. the police development program is the single largest program to transition from dod management two-state management -- to state management over the last eight months. it transitioned eight years ago. the initial contract was for the state department. challenges in iraq and the size of the mission require the formation of something called the multinational transition commander that operated the police training program for over six years. it expanded a significant amount of money. the program was not well-planned or well-agreed to. sufficient agreemen

mr. make you mcdermott is a special deputy inspect general for southwest asia d the u.s. mil oldeyt of f ecgealhs. depmanehoe stuart w. bowen is an insptor general for iraq reconstruction. pursuant to the committee res, be teyessllbs anisurht n you solemnly swear or a friend of the testimony you are about to give up the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth? wisesw ieecord lth the rme. se at ynoh g u onitildad de allow time for questioning, and then discussions, i would ask that you limit your testimony to five minutes. your entire written atement hie ps ra o rk wst off with mr. courts. you are recognized for five minutes. >> good morning mr. chairn and ranking eryran. m se dss prceina is work is a continuation of gso the efforts to review the planning and execution of the drawdown of u.s. forces from cianprt e.ip he plfoedom u enndqimeo prce work capabilities for personnel in iraq and their capabilities to provide security for those sites and personne st pantd t.nmessage ofy laiiad en iahiricit t eiatsere unclear. further, supported security capabilities for the presents have not been finaled and most importantl