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Article: DEFENSE SECRETARY GATES AIMS TO RESOLVE DISCONNECT BETWEEN MILITARY, SECURITY CONTRACTORS
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- October 18, 2007
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The U.S. Department of Defense's American Forces Information Service issued the following press release:
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 ...