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Article: SEN. CARPER QUESTIONS MILITARY CONTRACTING IN IRAQ, AFGHANISTAN
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 24, 2008
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The office of Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., issued the following news release:
Efforts to track the number of military contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, who they are, what they are doing and what they are costing American taxpayers were all key issues that Sen. Tom Carper (D-Del.) examined today in a joint congressional oversight hearing titled "Management and Oversight of Contingency Contracting in Hostile Zones."
"In the past five years since the war in Iraq started, thousands of American contractors and billions of dollars have gone to Iraq, but the United States government remains unable to monitor progress to ensure the money is spent efficiently, or even compile comprehensive records ...