Occupy Rochester MN Reuters Special Report: The Pentagons doctored ledgers conceal epic waste: Because of its persistent inability to tally its accounts, the Pentagon is the only federal agency that has not complied with a law that requires annual audits of all government departments. That means that the $8.5 trillion in taxpayer money doled out by Congress to the Pentagon since 1996, the first year it was supposed to be audited, has never been accounted for. That sum exceeds the value of Chinas economic output last year. reuters/article/2013/11/18/us-usa-pentagon-waste-specialreport-idUSBRE9AH0LQ20131118 ..... Some other articles, a bit more going on here than hammers and toilet seats: truth-out.org/news/item/3614:department-of-defenses-unending-nightmare-pass-an-audit-by-2017 nytimes/2004/06/09/us/national-briefing-washington-federal-study-faults-pentagon-on-tickets.html sptimes/2003/09/28/Tampabay/Military_stashes_cove.shtml fcnl.org/issues/budget/Waste_Dollars_in_the_Pentagon_Budget.pdf pbs.org/newshour/bb/government_programs/july-dec11/warcontracts_09-01.html motherjones/mojo/2011/09/contractor-waste-iraq-KBR cbsnews/stories/2006/02/09/60minutes/main1302378.shtml huffingtonpost/ralph-nader/pentagon-budget_b_4046370.html
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