How Outsourcing Hurts Our Military
August, 2007
TROOPS HAVE LOBSTER BUT NOT ENOUGH ARMORBy now you have heard many stories of the failures to supply our troops in Iraq with what they need to fight effectively and survive: too little body armor, lack of armored Humvees and even shortages of basics like boots, air conditioners and clean water. At the same time, allegations of highly inflated costs, waste, fraud and abuse bycontractors in Iraq have surfaced and become a focus of attention in the media and Congress. With the total cost of the w...
