Paying Others to Fight Our Battles
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Channel: Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs · 2009 · News & Politics
Private contractors bring important skills to tasks outside the capability or mission of military personnel, but they are not accountable to the government or American people. For difficult tasks, is this political cover valuable? What about the hidden costs? This Global Ethics Corner slideshow is part of a weekly series from the Carnegie Council. For more, go to: http://www.cceia.org
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