The Pentagon in fiscal year 2014 obligated $6.1 billion on contracts in Afghanistan, the lowest amount since FY-07, according to a new Congressional Research Service report . The number of contractors in the country has also dropped precipitously, from a high of 117,000 in March 2012 to just shy of 40,000 in December. While the report, dated July 22, notes that contractors have averaged 50 percent or more of the DOD force in Iraq and Afghanistan over the last decade,...
