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Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing
Submitted by Melinda L. Secor on Sun, 2013-06-09 00:00
"he number of contractors working in Afghanistan now vastly outnumbers American troops stationed there, according to a Congressional Research Service report. CRS, along with the Government Accountability Office, also determined that the Pentagon is unable to properly document the work these contractors are doing. And the information DOD is receiving is often unreliable and inaccurate."
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