The Pentagon fails its fifth audit in a row
If the Defense Department can’t get its books straight, how can it be trusted with a budget of more than $800 billion per year?
If the Defense Department can’t get its books straight, how can it be trusted with a budget of more than $800 billion per year?
Don’t look at the topline $773 billion military budget proposal. Congress is padding it as we speak, particularly in the less noticed ‘R&D’ column.
This goes far beyond the future utility of aircraft carriers. The culture and leadership are diminishing the force’s maritime dominance, too.
A former sailor wants Congress to deny the comeback of the ‘low-yield’ cruise missiles because they are redundant, and dangerous.
Why can’t a $782 billion defense budget keep planes from falling out of the sky?
Despite warnings, the Navy opposed closing a faulty tank at Pearl Harbor, while a recent bout of contamination made local residents seriously ill.
Applying phony solutions to real problems — it seems the armed forces, in league with Congress, has this down.
Using the military to accuse Asian countries of violating the law of the sea is probably not the best way to win friends and allies.
It’s using China to compete hard with the Navy and Air Force for funds and relevance — but without a real strategy.
The Pentagon has more than it needs should it need to check China, but there’s a bipartisan push in Congress for more.