Pentagon Crew Lived Large in $150 Million Afghan Villas

Forget barracks or foxholes. The members of this Defense Department task force slept in queen-size beds and ate three-star meals. A Pentagon task force established in 2006 to help lure private businesses first to Iraq and then Afghanistan allegedly blew as much as $150 million on lavish villas in Afghanistan for a few lucky members of its staff—instead of lodging them cheaply, or for free, at the U.S. embassy or any one of numerous large...
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