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DLA Already Moving Some Items Out of Afghanistan, Director Says

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, June 28th, 2012

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The director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) said the agency is already beginning to move items out of Afghanistan ahead of the larger work expected as U.S. troops begin to leave the country and the international combat mission ends in 2014. DLA, the combat logistics support agency, ships food, fuel, uniforms, repair parts, building and medical supplies for the services, other federal agencies, and combined and allied forces. Items unneeded in the Kandahar distribution center, for example, are being…

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