Shades of Iraq in Afghanistan? Problems with shoddy contracting work

The final cost of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars will be between $4 and $6 trillion — and most of those costs have yet to be paid, according to a new study out of Harvard University. The report from Harvard Kennedy School professor Linda Bilmes finds the

An Afghan midwife revives a newborn baby who has with fluid in his lungs in the delivery room of a maternity hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan. (Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Getty Images) What do you think? "As a consequence of these wartime spending choices, t

The report that was released on Thursday has taken into account the medical care of injured war veterans and expensive repairs to US military force worn out by over a decade of fighting, The Washington Post reported. Linda J. Bilmes, a public policy prof

Pfc Marius Keith, left, and Spc. Chris Castro provide security at the District Police Center in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan. American teams make the rounds to police stations to train officers to develop staff-level capabilities like planning, logistics and

Mar 29, 2013 by RON BEASLEY On the same day that the totally bonkers Liz Cheney pens an op-ed in the WSJ where she says this: The president has so effectively diminished American strength abroad that there is no longer a question of whether this was his

A US Army soldier attached to 2nd platoon, C troop, 1st Squadron (Airborne), 91st US Cavalry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team operating under the NATO sponsored International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) patrols near Baraki Barak base in