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Transcript: GATES AIMS TO RESOLVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MILITARY, SECURITY CONTRACTORS
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- October 18, 2007
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Regulatory Intelligence Data
10-18-2007
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18, 2007 - Multinational Force Iraq and private security
contractors too often are working at cross purposes, Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates told Pentagon reporters today. Gates said he supports a
plan that would consolidate authority over contractors in Iraq, conceivably
under the Defense Department. "I think it is important that we have the
means and the mechanisms to ensure that we know what's going on and that
these activities are coordinated and are known to MNFI," he said. He noted
the broad mission being carried out by Multinational Force Iraq and the
U.S. embassy staff in Iraq. It includes getting the security ...