Pentagon Fails 7th Audit in a Row but Hopes To Pass by 2028
Congress required all federal agencies to submit annual financial reports in 1990. The Pentagon finally got around to complying in 2018, and it still hasn't passed an audit.
Congress required all federal agencies to submit annual financial reports in 1990. The Pentagon finally got around to complying in 2018, and it still hasn't passed an audit.
Several Republican senators have said they are not inclined to abdicate their "advice and consent" role in presidential appointments.
If Musk is truly serious about fiscal discipline, he'll advise the president-elect to eschew many of the policies he promised on the campaign trail.
The Air Force paid nearly $150,000 above market value for airplane bathroom fixtures, a Department of Defense watchdog found.
Drone maker DJI claims the Pentagon has unfairly smeared it as an arm of the Chinese military based on a mix-up of Chinese names.
Uncle Sam is resorting to some unusual methods to support the Israeli war effort.
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Increased spending does not automatically equate to higher quality—something that is often lost in this debate.
President Biden said that we will “do all we can to protect Israel’s security” after Israel killed an Iranian general.
It took the Air Force four years to release redacted records of its quest to create spiffy new uniforms for the newest branch of the military.
It's just one reason the program should likely be terminated altogether.
Reagan's former budget director says Donald Trump killed prosperity—and the GOP's core beliefs in capitalism and freedom.
Section 702 will continue until April, when Congress will have another shot at seriously reforming a program that desperately needs it.
Though federal law has required annual financial reports, the Department of Defense simply did not complete them until 2018. It has since failed each year.
Our troops are just sitting there with targets on their backs. Why?
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Washington is doing a poor job of monitoring whether the weapons it sends to Ukraine are ending up in the right hands.
The Pentagon Papers leaker risked prison to reveal that American military officials were lying to Congress and the public about Vietnam. He died today at age 92.
"All the time we hear socialists say, 'Next time, we'll get it right.' How many next times do you get?"
The Pentagon’s “accounting error” will allow President Joe Biden to send an extra $3 billion in military aid to Ukraine without congressional approval. Was this deliberate?
That doesn't mean Russia is right. It means we're being honest about how much the U.S. is involved.
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While escalation is not inevitable, it’s still a risk having any U.S. boots on the ground.
Four years after IS was officially defeated, the U.S. continues to keep hundreds of troops in Syria to fight the vanquished terrorist group.
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Sen. Rand Paul says Republicans "have to give up the sacred cow" of military spending in order to make a deal that will address the debt ceiling and balance the budget.
The actual total is probably higher according to the Government Accountability Office's new report.
Like other authorizations for the use of military force—or AUMFs—it would be an unnecessary, unwise expansion of executive power.
They say the U.S. is pivoting to other conflicts, but the Pentagon hasn't exactly left the Middle East and North Africa behind.
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Poor accounting practices mean the Department of Defense can't even tell how much money or equipment it has lost.
GAO: Congress has been buying planes that lack crucial parts and haven't undergone full testing, so costly upgrades will eventually be needed.
Congress continues to allocate funds to produce weapons that the Pentagon itself says it doesn't need.
A new, heavily investigated report shows a Pentagon uninterested in correcting its deadly errors.
Seven children were among the 10 killed.
There will likely never be a full accounting of the war's cost, but as much as $600 billion might have simply vanished due to waste, fraud, and incompetence.
The Pentagon says 12 Americans were killed and 15 more wounded in a pair of suicide attacks near the Kabul airport. At least 60 Afghans died as well.
After a nearly 20-year occupation, this was one inevitable outcome.
The final price tag could eventually exceed $6 trillion, and American taxpayers will be paying the tab when the 50th anniversary of 9/11 arrives.
Upon his passing, it's worth remembering how badly things can go when a man has such great power, even a man with elements of conventional decency.
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