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Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars

Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars

Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Study: Pentagon reliance on contractors hurt US in 9/11 wars

Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon since 9/11 went to for-profit defense contractors, a study released Monday found. It's the latest work to argue the U.S. reliance on private corporations for war-zone duties that used to be done by troops contributed to mission failure in …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

From 9/11's ashes, a new world took shape. It did not last.

In the ghastly rubble of ground zero's fallen towers 20 years ago, Hour Zero arrived, a chance to start anew.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Measles cases halt Afghan evacuee flights from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas after discovering a limited measles outbreak among Afghans arriving in the United States, a hitch that American officials warned will have a severe impact on an often-troubled U.S.-run evacuation.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

US: Afghan evacuee flights halted from two key bases

The U.S. has halted all U.S.-bound flights of Afghan evacuees from two main bases overseas for unspecified “health safety concerns,” a move U.S. officials warn will have a severe impact on the evacuation operation, according to a U.S. government document seen Friday by The Associated Press.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

As flights resume, plight of Afghan allies tests Biden's vow

WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation flights have resumed for Westerners, but thousands of at-risk Afghans who had helped the United States are still stranded in their homeland with the U.S. Embassy shuttered, all American diplomats and troops gone and the Taliban now in charge.
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Evacuees plead for action: 'We are in some kind of jail'

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Americans trying to evacuate hundreds of Afghans and American citizens — including one Afghan who worked as a U.S. military translator and says he is anticipating his beheading by the Taliban — pleaded for action from the Biden administration to get the would-be evacuees aboard charter …
COLUMBIA BASIN HERALD | UPDATED 3 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

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