Congress takes aim at security contractors

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This just in:

The latest Defense Appropriations bill goes to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives next week. Included among the spending measures is a provision requiring the secretary of defense to set minimum standards for civilian security contractors and to establish a clear set of rules of engagement for those operating in Iraq and Afghanistan. In effect, this is a crackdown on security contractors.

In my view, the crackdown is unnecessary. These guys have enough problems to deal with, and the U.S. military has better things to do too.

Just my two cents...