The move to shift Afghanistan operations from the military to contractors shows the full reach of the Trump administration's core philosophy: the privatisation of everything, writes USSC research associate Dr Nicole Hemmer for U.S. News and World Report.
Election Watch 202411 July 2017
Team Trump wants to privatise Afghanistan operations
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Dr Nicole Hemmer
Honorary AssociateUnited States Studies Centre