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Can you believe it? Wally Erb reports there are more contractors than troops in Afghanistan.
Isn't that the way government always works: Backassward?
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. For rest of the story see Wally's blog:
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And on another topic, Wally explains how the military retiree cost-of-living buried in oil will suffer this year:
It was higher oil prices last year that led to the largest annual cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to federal entitlements since 1982. Good thing, too.
Lowered oil prices since then is almost certain to block any COLA this year for military retirees, federal civilian retirees, social security recipients, survivor benefit annuitants or disabled veterans. Read rest of the story on Wally's blog:
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