From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Senate is about to debate two spending bills together: one covers the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; the other, Pentagon spending. Labor-HHS-Ed does not get a fair share … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): Posted at http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/military-industrial-circus/2017/why-are-americans-so-afraid-military-spending.html The national jitteriness fuels unnecessary Pentagon spending increases By: Mark Thompson | March 27, 2017 U.S. soldiers support the Iraqi army with mortar fire near Al Tarab, Iraq, March 14, 2017. Photo: U.S. Army/Sgt. Thomas … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/02/10/head-smacker-pentagon-buried-study-showing-125-billion-in-waste-but-congress-and-the-trump-administration-want-to-give-it-more-money/#.WJ3q-m8rIdU By Lecia Imbery February 10, 2017 According to the Washington Post, the Pentagon buried an internal study that found $125 billion in administrative waste because it was afraid Congress would use the findings to cut the defense budget. Despite … Continued