posted by admin on Oct 30
Just today, Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met at the Pentagon to talk about proposals regarding the coordination and control of private contractors entering the Iraqi territories. The press secretary of Pentagon said that it was the first meeting of the two since the DoD fact-finding trip to Iraq.
The highlight of the meeting was that Rice and Gates, along with the working group recommendation, have settled that the Multinational Force Iraq should be involved in all contractor operations. The working group was actually co-chaired by Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte and Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England. They eventually helped in seeking better options to coordinate and supervise the Defense and State Department contract employees in the war zones. Also, anything agreed upon should include general standards or common rules which are essential for the use of the force, as well as for the coordination of every contractor movement.
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