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Military Industrial Complex

DOD clinging to empty properties for money is 'out of hand'

Instead of saving taxpayers’ billions, the military has a perverse incentive to underreport and obfuscate about what it currently owns

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Military Industrial Complex

When is a trillion not a trillion?

This week in The Bunker: President Trump’s request for the US military in 2026 is a sleight-of-accounting mirage

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Report: Pentagon will likely fail audits through 2028

GAO says DOD still ‘faces significant fraud exposure’ and massive financial deficiencies

Alex Karp
Military Industrial Complex

Tech bros go to Washington: Coders want in on the kill chain

At a confab on Capitol Hill last week, Silicon Valley titans concluded they need to lobby like Lockheed

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Military Industrial Complex

When 100 new B-21 bombers just isn't enough

This week in The Bunker: one defense contractor bets big bucks that the Pentagon will buy more

'Always at War' strives to answer the question: why?
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'Always at War' strives to answer the question: why?

Quincy Institute makes its podcast debut with a show that probes the hidden matrix of interlocking interests that fuels American militarism