[OKIEDOC]

What they do is get rid of uniforms and turn that work over or out source to contractors at a much higher price.

I understand some of this work is going overseas to some Middle Eastern countries, does anyone know if that is true?

I understand that Bush just signed a contract to allow some country in Dubai to furnish us with airplane and tank parts.

All this downsizing and out sourcing scare the hell out of me.

I would have expected this from Hellary or any socialist antiAmerican Democrat.

[El Gato]

What they do is get rid of uniforms and turn that work over or out source to contractors at a much higher price.

Well not necessarily, they are cutting support contracts as well. They did what you indicate some time ago, although most of the jobs the contractors do would have been done by civil service employees, not uniformed troops. With some exceptions, such as gate guards and some maintenance activities.

[El Gato]

I understand that Bush just signed a contract to allow some country in Dubai to furnish us with airplane and tank parts.

Not quite, the company that made those parts is being sold to a Dubai concern. Not quite the same thing, the parts will likely continue to be made where they were before,just under different, foreign, ownership. BTW, Dubai is a country, sort of, it's actually part of the United Arab Emerites. In some sense it's like a state under the old Articles of Confederation.