HENRY A, WAXMAN. CALIFORNIA. TOM DAVIS. VIRGINIA, CHAIRMAN RANKING MINORIW MEMBER

TOM LANTOS, CALIFORNIA ONE HUNDRED TENTH CONGRESS DAN BURTON, INDIANA EDOLPHUSTOWNS. CHRISTOPHER SHAYS, CONNECTICUT PAUL E. KANJORSKI, PENNSYLVANIA JOHN M. McHUGH, NEW YORK CAROLYN B. MALONEY. NEW YORK JOHN L. M¡CA. FLORIDA ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS. MARYLAND @ongre ss of tÞ@rniteù þtutts MARK E. SOUDER, ¡NDIANA DENNIS J. KUCINICH. OHIO TODD RUSSELL PLATTS. PENNSYLVANIA DANNY K. DAVIS, ILLINOIS CHRIS CANNON, UTAH JOHN F. TIERNEY, MASSACHUSETTS JOHN J. DUNCAN. JR.. TENNESSEE WM. LACY CLAY, MISSOURI Tbouse of ßepreøentstíbes MICHAEL R. TURNER, OHIO DIANE E. WATSON, CALIFOBNIA DARRELL E. ISSA. CALIFORNIA STEPHEN F. LYNCH, MASSACHUSEFTS KENNY MABCHANT, TEXAS BRIAN HIGGINS, NÊW YORK COMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHTAND GOVERNMENT REFORM LYNN A. WESTMORELAND, GEORGIA JOHN A YARMUIH, KENIUCKY PATRICK T. McHENRY, NORTH CAROLINA BRUCE L. BRALEY, IOWA 2157 Rnvaunru House Burr-orr.¡o VIRGINIA FO)O(, NORTH CABOLINA , Orncr BRIAN P. BILBRAY, CALIFORNIA DISTBICTOF COLUMBIA BILL SALI. IDAHO BETTY MoCOLLUM, MINNESOTA Wnssrn¡eroru, DC 2051 5-61 43 JIM JORDAN, OHIO JIM COOPEB, TENNESSEÊ CHRIS VAN HOLLEN, I\¡ARYLAND MNoFñ (202) 225-5051 PAUL W. HODES. NEW HAMPSHIFE F^6rMrE (202) 22H784 CHRISTOPHER S. I\¡URPHY, CONNECTICUT MrNoFñ (202) 22ff074 JOHN P. SAÊBANES, MAFYLAND PÊTER WELCH, VEFMONT www.oversight.house.gov

March 27,2008

The Honorable Condoleezza F.ice Secretary U.S. Department of State 2201C Street, NW V/ashinglon, DC 20520

Dear Madam Secretary:

Today's New York Times raises questions about the actions of AEY Inc., a company with several U.S. government contracts to provide weapons, ammunition, and munitions to military forces in and .r The Oversight Committee plans to hold a hearing on these matters at 10:00 a.m. on April 17, 2008, in Room 2157 of the Raybum House Offrce Building. I request that the senior State Department official with knowledge of the Department's contracts with the company provide testimony at the hearing.

At the hearing, please be prepared to discuss the scope of AEY's contracts with the Department, efforts by the Department to determine whether AEY is a responsible contractor capable of adequate performance under federal contracts, the Department's efforts to investigate allegations that AEY may have violated U.S. law and government contracting regulations, and any actions the Department has taken against the company as a result of such investigation. The Committee will be sending you under separate cover a request for documents relating to this issue. In addition, I request that your Department provide a briefing with Committee staff on or before April I l, 2008.

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is the principal oversight committee in the House of Representatives and has broad oversight jurisdiction as set forth in House Rule X. Information for witnesses appearing before the Committee is contained in the enclosed Witness Information Sheet.

I Supplier (Jnder Scrutiny on Aging Arms for Afghans, New York Times (Mar. 27,2008) (online at www.nytimes.com/2008103127lworldlasial27ammo.html?_r:1&hp&oreFslogin). The Honorable Condoleezza Rice March 27,2008 Page2

Ifyou have any questions regarding this request, please contact Theodore Chuang or Suzanne Renaud with the Committee staff at (202)225-5420.

Sincerely, W.U)#'- Henry A. Waxman Chairman

Enclosure cc: Tom Davis Ranking Minority Member