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Confessions of a private security contractor
by Suzanne Kelly "There are a lot of assumptions about contractors, and a lot of the assumptions are wrong." Those are the words of a private security contractor who asked to be referred to only as...
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Iraq contractors face hurdles
Contractors in Iraq say they are mired in red tape, CNN's Fred Pleitgen reports from Baghdad. Click above to watch his report on how many are mired in visa delays and other bureaucratic obstacles that...
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Government not keeping pace with cyber threats
By Suzanne Kelly Senior administration officials are headed to Capitol Hill on Wednesday afternoon to brief the entire Senate on addressing cyber security threats, a day after key senators expressed...
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Drunk contractors cause harm in Afghanistan, lawsuit alleges
By Dugald McConnell and Brian Todd The amateur video shows men, shirtless and seeming dangerously drunk, rolling on the ground or staggering near a counter top covered with booze bottles. Another part...
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Sources: U.S. helping underwrite Syrian rebel training on securing chemical...
By Elise Labott The United States and some European allies are using defense contractors to train Syrian rebels on how to secure chemical weapons stockpiles in Syria, a senior U.S. official and several...
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Watchdog critical of State Department contracting in Afghanistan
By Jamie Crawford A U.S. government watchdog found "serious deficiencies" in how the State Department awarded a contract job in Afghanistan, according to a letter from the organization to Secretary of...
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Bigger, Lighter, Deadlier! Navy launches new stealth destroyer
By Larry Shaughnessy (CNN) - The Navy's newest warship slipped out of dry dock this week into the waters of Maine, marking a new era for war fighting at sea. The USS Zumwalt, the first of the DDG-1000...
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