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Monday, February 23, 2009 12:00 AM

The military's expanding waistline

The U.S. military has become so dependent on outside contractors like KBR that President Obama couldn't sever ties with these corporations even if he wanted to.
By Pratap Chatterjee

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  • Sunday, February 22, 2009 09:52 PM

    simple problem to fix

    bring all troops home. close all overseas bases. beef up border security. redeploy troops for border control. balance the budget. problem solved.

    US military expenditures exceed that of all other nations of the world combined. this is insane.

    —vaporland Read vaporland's other letters

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