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Massive Pentagon agency lost track of hundreds of millions of dollars
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/pentagon-logistics-agency-review-funds-322860
"One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can't account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget."
"The audit raises new questions about whether the Defense Department can responsibly manage its $700 billion annual budget — let alone the additional billions that Trump plans to propose this month. The department has never undergone a full audit despite a congressional mandate — and to some lawmakers, the messy state of the Defense Logistics Agency's books indicates one may never even be possible."
So basically the books at the Defense Department are so sloppy that hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on who knows what and there is next to no oversight. I think most people tend to agree that government waste is shitty but there is always a deafening silence/acceptance when it comes to waste in regard to the military and defense.
So why is there no concerted effort to crack down on this despite this pretty damning evidence?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/05/pentagon-logistics-agency-review-funds-322860
"One of the Pentagon’s largest agencies can't account for hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of spending, a leading accounting firm says in an internal audit obtained by POLITICO that arrives just as President Donald Trump is proposing a boost in the military budget."
"The audit raises new questions about whether the Defense Department can responsibly manage its $700 billion annual budget — let alone the additional billions that Trump plans to propose this month. The department has never undergone a full audit despite a congressional mandate — and to some lawmakers, the messy state of the Defense Logistics Agency's books indicates one may never even be possible."
So basically the books at the Defense Department are so sloppy that hundreds of millions of dollars are being spent on who knows what and there is next to no oversight. I think most people tend to agree that government waste is shitty but there is always a deafening silence/acceptance when it comes to waste in regard to the military and defense.
So why is there no concerted effort to crack down on this despite this pretty damning evidence?
