[Peace-discuss] Pentagon Has No Idea What 108, 000 Contractors Are Doing

[Rohn Koester]

Pentagon Has No Idea What 108,000 Contractors Are Doing
By DAVID FRANCIS, The Fiscal Times June 3, 2013

The number of contractors working in Afghanistan now vastly outnumbers
American troops stationed there, according to a Congressional Research
Service report. CRS, along with the Government Accountability Office, also
determined that the Pentagon is unable to properly document the work these
contractors are doing. And the information DOD is receiving is often
unreliable and inaccurate.

According to CRS, there are now 108,000 private workers in Afghanistan, a
workforce that dwarfs the 65,700 American troops still stationed there.
That means there are 1.6 contractors for every American soldier in
Afghanistan. This is an increase from last month, when The Fiscal Times
reported that there were 1.4 contractors per American soldier.

http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Articles/2013/06/03/Pentagon-Has-No-Idea-What-108K-Contractors-Are-Doing.aspx#page1
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