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Are there some ethical and legal challenges embedded in trying to ascertain where that limit is?

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Are there some ethical and legal challenges embedded in trying to ascertain where that limit is?

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ERIC OLSON: Yes, I think so. Jeff, our experience in combat arms—there are no bright lines, I don’t think. But in the combat arms, I think, by and large, in whatever services we are talking about here, when the competency has to do with closing with and destroying an enemy, that has to be reserved to a professional military. That’s the management of violence. I think those functions cannot be contracted out. I think there are certain supporting functions that can and, I would say—going back to your first question—must be contracted out, given the extent of the logistical challenges that some of the operations we are undertaking today pose. So yes. But again, I don’t think there are any clear-cut categories in neat boxes that you can put these different functions or competencies into. JEFFREY MCCAUSLAND: Now moving along and thinking about it from a policy standpoint, as we see more and more contractors, particularly those taking on a role that requires arms and the use of force, does i

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