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Subject TOP NEWS: Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years
Date August 9, 2022 9:33 PM
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August 09, 2022

Top News

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by Kenny Stancil

Pentagon Contractors in Afghanistan Pocketed $108 Billion Over 20 Years

Military contracting "obscures where and how taxpayer money flows," and "makes it difficult to know how many people are employed, injured, and killed," said the Costs of War Project report's author.

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