How many contractors in afghanistan

The U. The Professional Services Council, an organization representing businesses contracting with the government, cited a lower figure from the U. Department of Labor saying nearly 4, federal contractors have been killed since Cheney and defense contractors argued that relying on private contractors for work that service members did in previous wars would allow for a trimmer U. By , Pentagon spending had surged by more than one-third, as the U. And up to a third of the Pentagon contracts went to just five weapons suppliers.

Last fiscal year, for example, the money Lockheed Martin alone got from Pentagon contracts was one and a half times the entire budgets of the State Department and the U. SOSi has operated and managed the media operations center in Afghanistan; that work will now continue from Qatar, he said.

Marjorie Censer is the editor of Defense News. She also serves as the fill-in host of television news program Government Matters. She was previously editor of Inside Defense. By Marjorie Censer. Wednesday, Aug Civilian contractors prepare to load a mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicle onto a flatbed trailer during a retrograde cargo operation on Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, on July 12, The drawdown of U. About one service member deployed for each contractor a decade ago, at the height of the U.

The ratio grew as limits on troop levels led to a reliance on contractor and temporary duty personnel, a Congressional Research Service paper in found. Log In. Subscribe Subscribe. View Comments. Join the conversation on this and other recent Foreign Policy articles when you subscribe now. Not your account? Log out. Comments are closed automatically seven days after articles are published.

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