ms. richard and you, ms. cole, set it up very well.n the common sense principles that your respective organizations employ -- not just those laid out in the document, but the whole range, the local support and local buy-in which necessarily leads to sustainability. the apolitical nature. you're not being seen as an arm of the military, i should say. the fact that you are generally there for years before conflict begins and there after conflict ends, the small amounts of money that are involved such that that money can be sustained and can be absorbed by the local government, your tendency to rely on local workers, etc., all of this leads me to ask kind of the overarching question of whether -- and you were going, it seems to me, ms. cole, in this direction -- in the future as we transition out of afghanistan, iraq and as we look to future contingencies, and there surely will be some, whether the whole of this development work ought to be done by ngos, not by the military or private for-profit contractors. i'd just like each of you to,

ms. richard and you ms. cole said it very well. given the commonsense principles that your respective organizations employ -- not just talking about principles to relate in the document comes with a whole range of principles, local support and local bind, which necessarily the two sustainability. the apolitical nature. when opera can with the military. rather, you're not been seen as an arm of the military of the fact you're generally are there for years before conflict begins and the after concert dance through the small amounts of money that are involved such that they -- that money can be sustained and can be observed by the local government. your tendency to rely on local workers. all of this leads me to ask the overarching question of whether -- and you were going this direction in the future as we trained mission out of afghanistan, iraq and we look at future contingencies and there surely will be found. whether the whole of this development work out to be done by ngos and not the military, not by seville united states govern

ms. richard? >> we have sent teams to the e egyptian side of the border and parts of the government have been in touch with of the team's libya is an odd situation right now because there haven't been a lot of refugees following the border. the people that have come have been workers from third countries wingback and they did to help on that, that there is a puzzle why we are not seeing more refugees from libya. but we've also been contacted by the nato forces to make sure they don't inadvertently bomb us. >> let me switch to something else. several of you mentioned the attribution and you talked about the fact their needs to be or coordination with respect to afghanistan. let me ask you this though, several of you have talked about success in educational programs and agricultural programs, how do i and you know who's behind the success, is it you all, which organization is it, is it serp in spite of everything? how do you figure that out when you say i think there was a number of 2.5 million kids

ms. richard?>> i was thinking about this comparative advantage of ngos and you said they're ngos and their ngos and i think that was part of the impetus behind writing the paper what they pay six organizations came together. we take great pride in that. the large international ngos, less than a dozen of them deliver 90% of the funds mobilized by the ngo community locally. and i think probably the four of us are part of that doesn't. so, i agree with what mike klosson said and matt mcgarry in a response. >> it sounds like there is a consensus that an ideal world the whole of the arab government would be -- we are talking about good ngos as compared to the veterans and ngos about the principles we have all laid out here in today's testimony. i think that is helpful and i'm inclined to agree with that. second question, given the fact that ngos are generally perceived to be apolitical and not taking sides in the conflict, and therefore presumably more accepted by the local populace and i think your ex

ms. richards has summarized the comments i made in these findings. we will be saying the same thing, but in a different format. the first section of was asked to review was the financial audit section. while there was information about the audit that was completed in 2010, most of this information was based upon completion of the prior year audit, rather than an indication of how the audit would be completed in the years of the petition for which we were something this renewal. the procedure for selecting and retaining an independent auditor was not included, nor were the qualifications of the independent auditor or the timeline for achieving exceptions. an appendix was added from the first submission of this document with a letter showing the scope of an audit for the 2010 audit, but the structure should include what the scope of the audit will be going forward. that is a concern i have with leaving that out of the document. again, the timing of the audit for 2010 is described on page 38 of the charter petition, but it does not say what the policy o

ms. richard, mr. bowers, is the margin of our country here over what you do compare with the monitoring that other countries have for your work when you're getting assistance from other countries, or the world bank for example? are we better, worse or the same? >> i would just say, this is anecdotal what i hear from our country directors is that there's a lot more done for us-based the donors than there are for others. >> i don't think even within the u.s. government we can't say, or even with usaid it varies a department to department. we have an extremely mutually supportive relationship with the agriculture that monitors us very rigorously with some of our other european donors, that can be very hands off and there was other departments they may also be very hands-off. >> i just have one more very brief comment, and it has to do with thank you again for all the things that you do. but also for taking the time to write a paper which has stimulated a lot of discussion and ultimately led to our intere

ms. richards. this was given for review. again we have been denied. we were informed of this approximately five hours ago. we are here tonight in part to address the denial, since we were not afforded the question and answer sessions that are a part of the process. we realize you had a committee look at this charter and to view the recommendation. we hope you will look at it yourselves, because we know it is complete. other traders school administrators have looked at our charter and have agreed it represents and even if but -- even exceeds their approved charter. our 10 year history of functioning, our test scores, and everything else you will hear about tonight proves we are a highly successful school and would be a tremendous asset to your district. thank you. >> i am a first grade teacher at edison charter academy. i have a letter from a parent to read. "i am the mother of two third grade students. date and my family are happy to be part of such a wonderful school. we like the way classes have been designed with the professional, compassionate sta

ms. richard. >> thank you very much, commissioners, for the invitation to provide testimony. my name is ann richard, i'm the vice president for government relations at the international rescue committer. the irc has been around since 1933. we began work, afghan rev few gee opportunities in 1980, and launched program in 1988. today we are in five southeastern providences and in the west. we have a staff of 400 in afghanistan, which 80% is afghan. the mix of department of state, european commission, and as will be described in my mark, from the world bank through the afghan ministry of world rehabilitation and development. one the three key elements is genuine partnership is necessary. to quote from the paper, the success of any intervention is dependent upon the investment and genuine cooperation of those that is designed to serve. initiative that is are designed and maintained have the greatest potential to deliver sustainable results. an example of genuine relationship that works is the national solidarity program, nsp. we have been involved with nsp since 2003. it is managin

richard plotherow. >> bangor maine 47 years of age. wife na g i sa. jewish. politics independence. wesley 81. london school of economics ms international relations. business week magazine moscow burro chief 4 years. the atlantic contributing editor one year and currently. national journal staff correspondent with five cover stories this year. the french were right kerry is a worldly der the rise of nationalism. rethinking that zionism and going dutch one year the new york and washington post, "los angeles times" contributed to. the real state of the union essays on united states the angry american our commentary on social rage. hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of the gospel writers of the christmas the angels announcing to mary. >> no, i'm not a theologian. >> do you think it's not treating as historical jesus' true history? >> well, i'm a histo historian t know how much historical evidence there is for this. we don't know the historical evidence his y

richard plotherow. >> bangor maine 47 years of age. wife na g i sa. jewish. politics independence. wesley 81. london school of economics ms international relations. business week magazine moscow burro chief 4 years. the atlantic contributing editor one year and currently. national journal staff correspondent with five cover stories this year. the french were right kerry is a worldly der the rise of nationalism. rethinking that zionism and going dutch one year the new york and washington post, "los angeles times" contributed to. the real state of the union essays on united states the angry american our commentary on social rage. hobbies, travel in the form of ussr, the mideast and europe. paul, jeffrey sarrabin. >> the statistics that i gave from this quite remarkable 5,500 were recapped. do you believe that the historical account as given by at least two of the gospel writers of the christmas the angels announcing to mary. >> no, i'm not a theologian. >> do you think it's not treating as historical jesus' true history? >> well, i'm a histo historian t know how much historical evidence there is for this. we don't know the historical evidence his y

richard duchenne from special interest civilian groups that will cause them to exacerbate what couldot be dangerous that situation.o i yield back, mr. chairman. >> thank you, congressman. atid this time, mspan green of maine. thank you, mr.pengray of maine. >> thank you very much. anank lhe chair give to our country, for being here with us, for your patience in waiting for us to come back. i appreciate that.ly am a long supporter of the repeal of don't ask don't tell so i am very pleased to hear your positive comments, to hear what many of us believed would happen, that our military would be fully prepared to do this and people would be handling it well. i'm glad to hear your positive remarks and the fact that all of you are working hard to implement this. last week in the military personnel subcommittee we were able to hear from dr. stanley who gave wonderful testimony about the implementation and process that we're in and talked about how this is frankly costing around $10,000 a big contrast to what many people estimate between 2004 and 2009 the cost of $193 million to discharge members of the military who are highly trained, serve their country well, and i don't believe we could affor