Exclusive: US counterterrorism operations touched 85 countries in the last 3 years alone
The U.S. is still aggressively tackling terrorism, Costs of War data shows perhaps in farther reaches of the globe than many Americans realize.
George Petras, Karina Zaiets and Veronica Bravo, USA TODAY
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1:07 pm UTC Feb. 26, 2021
Nearly 20 months after the Sept. 11 attacks, President George W. Bush stood on an aircraft carrier under a giant “Mission Accomplished” banner and declared “major combat operations in Iraq have ended.” Nearly 18 years later, the U.S. is still entangled in military action in the Middle East and beyond.
After the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq following 9/11, much of the U.S. military activity has been focused on counterterrorism efforts, either in direct combat, through drone attacks, border patrols, intelligence gathering or training other nations security forces.
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On balance, a third of revolvers identified by CRP as working for these committees and their members also have been a registered lobbyist representing defense companies.
Lester Munson, BGR Group
Among them is Lester Munson, a principal at BGR Group who represents a number of international and defense clients including Raytheon, Chevron and the government of Azerbaijan. Munson spent nearly two decades working on international relations issues on Capitol Hill in addition to a stint at USAID. Most recently, he served under former Chairman Bob Corker for the Senate Foreign Relations committee.
Mark Esper, Former Secretary of Defense
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, spent the late 90s and early 2000s working his way through the Senate Foreign Relations and House Armed Services committees in addition to a couple of years as an assistant deputy secretary of defense. After spending seven years in the government relations office of Raytheon, he was tapped by President Trump as