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GAO-08-735R 1 (2008-05-06)

handle is hein.gao/gaocrptawsb0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Aountability * Integrity * RelEabity United States Government Accountability Office Washington, DC 20548 May 6, 2008 Congressional Requesters Subject: Preliminary Observations on the Use and Oversight of U.S. Coalition Support Funds Provided to Pakistan According to U.S. embassy officials in Islamabad and unclassified U.S. intelligence documents, since 2002, al Qaeda and the Taliban have used Pakistan's Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and the border region to attack Pakistani, Afghan, U.S. and coalition troops; plan and train for attacks against U.S. interests; destabilize Pakistan; and spread radical Islamist ideologies that threaten U.S. interests. Since October 2001, the United States has provided Pakistan with over $10 billion for military, economic, and development activities in support of the critical U.S. national security goals of destroying terrorist threats and closing terrorist safe havens.'A major component of this effort has been U.S. Coalition Support Funds (CSF) reimbursed to Pakistan. The purpose of CSF is to reimburse coalition countries for logistical and military support provided to United States military operations in the global war on terror. In Pakistan, reimbursements through CSF are intended to enable the government of Pakistan to attack terrorist networks in the FATA and stabilize the border areas. It is structured as a reimbursement mechanism in which the U.S. Department of Defense (Defense) policy is to validate that support was provided, costs were incurred, and these costs were incremental to normal Pakistani military operations. We were asked to assess how CSF reimbursements have been used to meet U.S. goals in Pakistan, and what controls exist to ensure that reimbursements are for legitimate claims. During the months of March and April 2008, we briefed the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform's Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs and his staff, as well as various other congressional staff members, including those from the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on the interim results of our work on CSF. This report provides 'These goals have been set forth in the 2002 National Security Strategy, the 2003 National Strategy for Combating Terrorism, and the 2004 9111 Commission Report, and have been endorsed by the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (P.L. 108-458, sec 7102 (b)(3)) and the Implementing the Recommendations of the 9/11 Commission Act of 2007 (P.L. 110-53, sec. 2042(b)(2)). GAO-08-735R Use and Oversight of CSF Page 1

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