Pentagon investigation reveals $458 million in botched travel payments

FILE -In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2015 file photo, travelers wait to go through a security checkpoint at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. Officials in Atlanta are laying the groundwork for an expansion of the world’s busiest airport. According to a news release from the Metro Atlanta Chamber, work will begin soon on a $6 billion expansion and renovation project at the airport. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Andrew Tilghman is the executive editor for Military Times. He is a former Military Times Pentagon reporter and served as a Middle East correspondent for the Stars and Stripes. Before covering the military, he worked as a reporter for the Houston Chronicle in Texas, the Albany Times Union in New York and The Associated Press in Milwaukee.