Gen. Nicholson's Assessment of Afghan War
| Submitted | June 21, 2016 |
| Est. Completion | None |
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From: Waqas Mirza
To Whom It May Concern:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I hereby request the following records:
U.S. Army General John W. Nicholson's 3-month assessment of the war in Afghanistan that was submitted on June 16th, 2016.
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 20 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Waqas Mirza
From: Gerow, Corynne N CIV WHS ESD (US)
Dear Mr. Mirza:
This is an interim response to your Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request which was received in this office on June 21, 2016. Your attached request has been assigned case number 16-F-1186 for tracking purposes, and we ask that you use that number when referring to your request.
We will be unable to respond to your request within the FOIA's 20 day statutory time period as there are unusual circumstances which impact on our ability to quickly process your request. These unusual circumstances are: (a) the need to search for and collect records from a facility geographically separated from this Office; (b) the potential volume of records responsive to your request; and (c) the need for consultation with one or more other agencies or DoD components having a substantial interest in either the determination or the subject matter of the records. For these reasons, your request has been placed in our complex processing queue and will be worked in the order the request was received. Our current administrative workload is roughly 1,900 requests.
If you have any questions, please contact me, the Action Officer assigned your request, at corynne.n.gerow.civ@mail.mil or 571-372-0410.
If you are not satisfied with this action, you have the right to appeal to the appellate authority, Ms. Joo Chung, Director of Oversight and Compliance, Office of the Secretary of Defense, by writing directly to ODCMO Directorate for Oversight and Compliance, 4800 Mark Center Drive, ATTN: DPCLTD, FOIA Appeals, Mailbox# 24, Alexandria, VA 22350-1700. Your appeal must be postmarked within 60 calendar days of the date of this response. Alternatively, you may use the OSD FOIA request portal at http://pal.whs.mil/palMain.aspx or email your appeal to OSD.FOIAPolicy@mail.mil. If you use email, please include the words "FOIA Appeal" in the subject of the email. Please also reference case number 16-F-1186 in any appeal correspondence.
Thank you,
Corynne N. Gerow
On behalf of Brandon J. Gaylord for
Stephanie L. Carr, Chief, Office of Freedom of Information
From: Gerow, Corynne N CIV WHS ESD (US)
Good Afternoon, Mr. Mirza,
Attached, please find our response to your June 21, 2016, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, received in this office and assigned case number 16-F-1186.
Thank you,
Corynne N. Gerow
OSD/JS FOIA Specialist
571.372.0410
Department of Defense
Office of Freedom of Information
1155 Defense Pentagon
Washington, D.C. 20301-1155
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