<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/f0301385-f5e9-42e6-b02c-21c41a307946/93AB071A-BA1A-4A89-84E0-FB9ADD44DABE/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory" href="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory" style="font-size: 11px;">www.russiatoday.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory"><H1 id="doc482876">Private contractors replacing American troops in both wars</H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory"><P>A report says that Iraq and Afghanistan are being left to mercenaries, as the number of private contractors in both countries has risen by over a quarter - all with the approval of the White House.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory"><P>It has been revealed the number of private security contractors working for the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan has greatly increased by up to 30% since President Obama came to office.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.russiatoday.com/Politics/2009-06-05/Private_contractors_replacing_American_troops_in_both_wars.html?fullstory"><P>While troops are being pulled out, a Pentagon report says that the number of contractors working for the US Defense Department has increased dramatically.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; 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