Hencely v. Fluor Corp. · ¶96

One other argument offered by the majority requires a response. The majority argues that federal law does not preempt all state-law claims “connected to a war zone.” Ante, at 45. But the claim here is not simply one with some sort of connection to a “zone” in which there was an ongoing war. Rather, it is a claim that is intertwined with policy decisions regarding the way in which the war in Afghanistan should have been conducted.

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