Change we can believe in??? How about... let us change war into peace.

Contractors Outnumber U.S. Troops in Afghanistan

By JAMES GLANZ

Published: September 1, 2009

Civilian contractors working for the Pentagon in Afghanistan not only outnumber the uniformed troops, according to a report by a Congressional research group, but also form the highest ratio of contractors to military personnel recorded in any war in the history of the United States.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/02/world/asia/02contractors.html#

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US extends Iraq contract for Blackwater firm

By MATTHEW LEE

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The State Department said Wednesday it has extended a contract for protecting U.S. diplomats in Iraq with a subsidiary of the security firm once known as Blackwater USA even though the company doesn't have a license to operate in the country.

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