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I saw firsthand the flaws, abuses, and issues surrounding the contracting model being utilized in the war. Original contractors decided to remake the water canals in the arid landscape, without doing proper land surveys that. Under contract and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. In the most comprehensive report yet to look at wartime contracting.
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