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Military Industrial Complex

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay
Military Industrial Complex

​Congress loves to buy failed jets and ships then make your kids pay

Taxpayers are now contending with the crashing “bow wave” of defense spending that started growing around the turn of the century while simultaneously creating a new one

F-35
QiOSK

Turns out F-35 is fully mission capable only some of the time

A new GAO report finds the fighter jet’s sustainment problems have come home to roost

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.)
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Lawmakers target private equity’s growing chokehold on arms industry

PE-backed defense firms are less stable, more costly for taxpayers

john_bolton
Washington Politics

Big surprise: Bolton gets Petraeus treatment after copping to charges

Friends of the national security state get slapped on the wrist while those who actually challenge the system pay the real price

war profit
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DoD wants to water down curbs to let ex-officials lobby more

A sneaky proposal tosses out revolving door restrictions, limits impact of two-year ‘cooling off’ period

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.)
Washington Politics

Lawmakers pump brakes on military AI — sort of

Democratic senators hope their bills keep a human in the loop. Experts have questions about loopholes.