AFP/File – Iraqis walk towards a destroyed vehicle caught in one of two suicide bombings in the western city of … WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US government has no precise figure for how many contractors are employed in Iraq and...
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In 2003, I was on a trip to Iraq and had arranged an appointment in the Green Zone with a member of the then-Iraqi Governing Council. Security was tight. I was with my Iraqi translator, a middle-aged man who had once been a...
As we debate how many more troops to dispatch to Afghanistan, it might be a good time to also debate just how far we've already gone in hiring private contractors to do jobs that the State Department, Pentagon and CIA once did...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government does not know exactly how many contractors it employs in Afghanistan, a U.S. commission said on Monday, raising basic questions about oversight of wartime operations.
Source: Reuters * No firm count of contractors in Afghanistan * Lack of data creates questions about oversight * U.S. official calls for funding, new regulations WASHINGTON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. ...