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The Pentagon is responsible for roughly half of the government’s annual discretionary spending, with its yearly budget approaching $1 trillion, despite long-standing concerns about the department’s inability to account for vast sums of money.
Pentagon’s Budget Is Nearly $1 Trillion. It’s Now Failed 7 Audits in a Row.
Lawmakers from both parties have declined to consider Sanders’s bill imposing a fine on the agency for failing an audit.
truthout.org
November 18, 2024 at 9:11 PM
The Pentagon is responsible for roughly half of the government’s annual discretionary spending, with its yearly budget approaching $1 trillion, despite long-standing concerns about the department’s inability to account for vast sums of money.