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Darpa Chief Slams Pentagon's 'No Accountability' Money Men
In an exclusive interview, the head of the Defense Department's premiere science and technology arm blasts the Pentagon's higher-ups.
The Army is operating paycheck to paycheck
Last month, I wrote about a looming budgetary crisis, which threatened to stop soldiers’ pay after June 15. It all stems from the emergency war supplemental funding bill, which Congress has refused to pass over key disagreements. The Pentagon call it appalling that soldiers could not be paid because ...
US paying allies to fight war in Iraq
[ The Terrorism Research Center] Testifying before the US Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 22 May, Mary Ugone, deputy inspector general of accounts in the Pentagon said that an audit of $8.2 billion spending related to the Iraq war showed that . Some related posts from Techno ...
Paul Rieckhoff: Nickels and Dimes: Why the White House Opposes the GI Bill
Anyone with a pulse knows that the Pentagon has a history of wasting huge sums of money....Getting money for an education is the number one reason civilians enlist in the first place....Just last week, an internal audit found that the Army squandered $8. 2 billion of taxpayer money on contractors in Iraq....Opponents of the new GI Bill will tell you the retention issue is a question of national security. It isn't. It's a question of money....
Do defense contractors protest too much? - Los Angeles Times
WASHINGTON -- Quit complaining. That's the message from the Pentagon and Congress to defense companies that cry foul when they don't win contracts. Resolving the protests costs the government time and money. That means it can take longer to build ...