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This thesis examines the lack of standardized coordination of the State Department's private security contractors with the U.S. military in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004 to 2007. Without formal coordination between these two independent armed entities, problems arose for the…

The U.S. military and diplomatic involvements in Iraq have stretched thin the resources of the U.S. government. As a result, outsourcing to private security contracting firms has reached an all time high, bringing with it much debate about whether or not the U.S. should use them…