Policy analysts William D. Hartung (Senior Research Fellow, Quincy Institute) and Stephen Semler (Co-Founder, Security Policy Reform Institute) calculate that in five years, from 2020 to 2024, private firms received $2.4 trillion in contracts from the Pentagon, approximately 54% of the department’s discretionary spending of $4.4 trillion over that period. Costs of War published this report in collaboration with the transpartisan think tank Quincy Institute for Responsible Statecraft.
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