Testimony in Favor of a U.S. Office for Contingency Operations

Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction | 2010-02-22

"Applying Iraq's Hard Lessons provides background on the reform of stabilization and reconstruction operations (SROs), identifies ten targeted reforms necessary to improving the current approach to SROs, and proposes a new structural solution that could more comprehensively remedy existing weaknesses in SRO planning and management - namely, the U.S. Office for Contingency Operations (USOCO)." -Stuart W. Bowen, Jr., Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction