After Promises Of 'Transparency,' Pentagon Under Scrutiny For Troop Number Blackout

For years, the Pentagon provided quarterly reports on troop numbers overseas. But war zone figures are now conspicuously missing. After quietly scrubbing troop numbers for Iraq, Afghanistan and Syria from the Defense Manpower Data Center’s website earlier this year, the Pentagon — which has repeatedly promised to improve “transparency” regarding troop statistics— is under renewed scrutiny over its public information blackout.

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