And another good read.

THE STATE DEPARTMENT OFFICE OF RECONSTRUCTION AND
STABILIZATION AND ITS INTERACTION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
By Colonel John C. Buss, United States Army

In July 2004, President Bush created S/CRS and appointed Ambassador Carlos Pascual as its Coordinator.
The agency was given a broad mandate to develop policy options to respond to failing and post-conflict states.
The organization is staffed with representatives from the Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International
Development (USAID), DOD, Central Intelligence Agency, Army Corps of Engineers, Joint Forces Command,
and Department of Treasury. The S/CRS mission is to “lead, coordinate, and institutionalize U.S. Government
civilian capacity to prevent or prepare for post-conflict situations, and to help stabilize and reconstruct societies in
transition from conflict or civil strife so they can reach a sustainable path toward peace, democracy and a market
economy.”
http://www.carlisle.army.mil/usacsl/...-S-CRS-DOD.pdf