The U.S. House of Representatives has advanced the 2025 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a massive $883.7 billion defense budget, despite the Pentagon failing its seventh consecutive audit. The bill passed with bipartisan support, as 81 Democrats joined 200 Republicans to approve the measure...
This latest defense package has drawn significant criticism from lawmakers and advocacy groups who point to the Pentagon’s history of financial mismanagement, the influence of the military-industrial complex, and controversial provisions embedded within the bill.
The Pentagon has consistently failed to meet federal audit requirements since it was first legally obligated to do so in 2018. The Department of Defense (DOD) announced last month that it had failed its seventh audit in a row, continuing a trend that critics say highlights pervasive inefficiencies. According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Pentagon suffers from “pervasive deficiencies in the department’s business processes, internal controls, financial reporting, and financial management systems.” - Nation of Change
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Thursday, December 26, 2024
The Pentagon keeps getting more money and keeps failing audits
This is from a couple of weeks ago. It's since been signed into law, with a final price tag of $895B.
Wednesday, July 22, 2020
Whimpering, groveling servitude to the war pigs
Some may find that title offensive, but at times you just gotta tell it like it is.
Anti-war groups vowed to keep fighting to slash the bloated Pentagon budget after the House of Representatives on Tuesday rejected a proposal to cut U.S. military spending by 10% and invest the savings in housing, healthcare, and education in poor communities.The final vote on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) amendment sponsored by Reps. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.) and Mark Pocan (D-Wis.) was 93-324, with 139 Democrats joining 185 Republicans in voting no. The failure of the Lee-Pocan amendment means the final version of the House NDAA will propose a $740.5 military budget for fiscal year 2021, a more than $2 billion increase from the previous year. - Common Dreams
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