sigur has done regular assessment. i cannot speak to the magnitude or the specific projects in afghanistan because we don't work and afghanistan. i would encourage you to direct that to our colleagues that do. there was $100 million is thatsirp requested. we requested $20 million in 200012. 2012. >> i thank you for the revised but i already took it and i already talked to the head ofsigur and he would not share your confidence and sirp program. a number of people and that can have alreadystan been fingered. it is a cash program and we have some people who unfortunately have yielded to temptation. it has to do with a lack of accounting and accountability. since you have offered, i will take you up on an please get back to me and this committee in terms of what constraints are in place and accountability methods are in place in this growing program. thank you, mr. chairman. >> will go to a second round. -- we will go to a second round. the couple of quick questions -- i assume all the power members would agree that it is

secondly, the very example that you are raising that sigur does not have the legal authority -- when they were signed, there were given only certain chunk of contingency. we believe that they should have the full breadth so they wouldn't and counter the very thing you're legal people are saying that they don't have the authority. we want a permanent inspector general that has the ability to cross different departments, to do interrupt and inter agency activities. we want them to be allowed to look at state, dot, u.s. aid. i would suggest to you that we would like you to reexamine this in the light of the fact that huge savings could take place. you have a file were to close up and you could take as much time as you want. it is your time and i will say again that we appreciate the candid dialogue that has taken place between us and we look forward to you getting back to a sense of the things you said you would. >> let me respond quickly to your question. you are entirely correct, there was not a focus -- a fall in that focus that should have been in the very beginning. the corrections

. >> third, finally, just follow up questions on sigur jurisdictions. would you be willing to join them and submitting to olc request for a definitive or partial third-party ruling on the extent of jurisdiction on this manner -- matter? >> certification, i am not an attorney. all i know is i consulted with the state department's legal adviser who assured me the position we have taken with regard to inspection of platform as opposed to inspection of contracts for police training or military training, or rehabilitation of developments of construction, our legal advisor's position is that those are not within the jurisdiction of sigur, but and jurisdiction of state department that the inspector general as specified in that act so i simply must stand by what the legal advisor told me. >> that leads me to -- particularly interested in that recommendation in a report that goes to a permanent inspector general. i think the commission would feel better about the state department that the position that no such new officer is needed if we had a better sense of st

i had a very close working relationship with the head of sigur in iraq who i have a lot of regard for. i am pleased that sigar seems to be moving toward the great capability. i look forward to welcoming the gao which i understand plans to set up permanent staff in the fall. all of these institutions, the state of ig, the usaid, the gao all have an important responsibility in ensuring oversight and accountability. you know the phrase -- we are here to help -- sometimes help can be painful but in my experience in iraq, i found that kind of oversight to be absolutely essential going forward. i will certainly, if confirmed, employ the same approach in afghanistan. >> are there experiences from your time in iraq that you think can be helpful in terms of coordinating all these efforts? for those of us looking at what is going on on the ground, as you point out, there are many people they're trying to address oversight and accountability but how is all that getting coordinated? we know we have general petraeus on the military side. is there a similar command structure on the civilian side? w