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June 11, 2009

Audit Faults at Least $13 Billion in War Contractor Spending
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The lawsuits follow the release of a new federal report detailing waste
and abuse by war contractors in Iraq and Afghanistan. The Commission on
Wartime Contracting says auditors have questioned more than $13 billion
in spending. The report also says over 240,000 contractors are employed
in Iraq and Afghanistan, around 80 percent of them foreign nationals.



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