Report: Military Should Use Less Private Security


	Report: Military Should Use Less Private Security

Andrew Gillies

11-17-2008 9:18 AM

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Andrew Gillies says:

Government Executive story, by Robert Brodsky, points to more pressure on President-elect Obama to scale back on use of private contractors. Pair this story with another interesting one from the Washington Post today: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/16/AR2008111601841.html

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11-17-2008 9:51 AM

cptenaud

A good article on how poorly the Bush brats tore our country down. I just hope we aren't too far gone to recover.

11-17-2008 11:57 AM

ratilfar

The Military should use no mercenaries. It is a sign of doctrinal weakness and bad planning.

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