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By: Regina Bullock With the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have heard more and more about the United States using private military contractors. For many of us, this is just another aspect of the war that we don’t have much information on. We just hear about it enough to know that it is something we should question. Who are these corporate soldiers and what do they do? Private military contractors are small companies that provide ...
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