US combat forces are scheduled to leave Iraq by year's end, but the State Department will still need security. So it's planning to add thousands more private contractors.
Why?
Why not have US soldiers who are under their jurisdiction do this work instead of a private company? Who will these private contractors report to? I just find it odd that a delicate matter like this is farmed out. It was contractors who murdered Iraqi's in 2007 and then tried to claim it was an ambush? The same company was responsible for the killing of two Afghan's in 2009.
In response to a reporters question, President Bu$h tells the world that he is "truly not that concerned" with catching the man who murdered 3,000 Americans just six months and two days earlier because "we've marginalized him."
Bu$h catches himself mid-sentence when he says "I don't know where he is, nor do I... (really care)."
"He hides in caves while sending young people off to die." Which is true, but that is no excuse for easing up on trying to find him.
Can you image if Bu$h had captured him when they had him cornered in Tora Bora? People would've lost their mind and he would've gone down as one of the best President's this country has ever had. Plus there wouldn't be an Iraq war. They let natives go after him and the Invasion Iraq happened, and we are where we're at with that. Makes you think doesn't it? Deliberate?
The Sunday morning after President Obama announced that Bin Laden was killed by American operatives in Pakistan, seven from the previous administration were making the rounds on the political shows to validate the techniques that were used on the war on terror, otherwise known as torture.
It's been reported that a military dog accompanied the Navy SEAL team that took out Osama bin Laden.
Probably a German shepherd or a Belgian Malinois, breeds that boast "the best overall combination of keen sense of smell, endurance, speed, strength, courage, intelligence and adaptability to almost any climatic condition," according to a military fact sheet cited in The New York Times. The dog was no doubt awesome, but knowing the exact breed is very important to breeders who are eager to claim the hero canine as one of their own.
The identity of the dog, like those of the 79 SEALs, has not been made public, but that hasn't stopped everyone from wondering about it. The Times of London pointed out that military dogs can sniff out explosives and booby-traps, and that "a shepherd or a Malinois runs twice as fast as a human." Meaning that if bin Laden had tried to escape on foot, the dog could have prevented his getaway. British tabloid The Sun reports, in a kind of endearingly breathless way, that military dogs "have been trained to jump from aircraft at 25,000ft.," but that the one in Abbottabad was likely "strapped to an assault team member" and lowered on a rope from a Black Hawk helicopter.
The sensory perception brought by these dogs in a wartime situation is unparalleled. "The capability they bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine," General David H. Petraeus said last year, calling for more use of dogs.
But the coolest thing about these guys? Many SEAL dogs come equipped with "titanium fangs capable of ripping through enemy protective armor," at a cost of "about $2,000 a tooth."
US combat forces are scheduled to leave Iraq by year's end, but the State Department will still need security. So it's planning to add thousands more private contractors. 
