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Should VA keep spending leftover COVID funds or give them back?
When the national COVID-19 emergency ended earlier this month, about $2.1 billion in extra money for veterans support remained unused.
Report: VA paid for thousands of unneeded medical exams for disabled veterans
If the issue isn't fixed, investigators warn, it could cost taxpayers more than $100 million in the next five years.
Senator wants to cut down on veterans website confusion
The sites vets.gov and veterans.gov are both owned by the government, but are operated completely separately.
Key Democrat fighting plan to slash Pentagon agencies
The House Armed Services Committee’s top Democrat is pushing back on a proposal to shutter seven Pentagon support agencies and slash 25 percent from the budgets of most of the others.
By Joe Gould
Major bill aims to slash Pentagon bureaucracy
The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee has targeted most Pentagon support agencies for a 25 percent cut, proposing seven be shuttered entirely.
By Joe Gould
‘How in the world are taxpayers paying for Alfa Romeos and Bentleys?’ Senator pushes Army leaders on Afghan contracts
More than $50 million in questionable costs was billed to taxpayers — including seven luxury cars and $400,000 salaries for significant others — under a federal contract meant to train Afghan security forces.
By Kyle Rempfer
US spent $60 million on Afghan energy project that doesn’t work, watchdog says
SIGAR found the Army Corps of Engineers' mismanagement of the contract may render a new part of Afghanistan's electrical system unsafe and nonoperational.
By Daniel Cebul
Sen. Bernie Sanders takes aim at defense industry excess
Congress’ top populist, Sen. Bernie Sanders, has fired a shot across the bow of defense industry fat cats.
By Joe Gould
US lawmaker’s government waste report rips military ‘fumbles’
The U.S. Defense Department made a handful of the wasteful government blunders targeted by Sen. Jim Lankford’s latest “Federal Fumbles” report.
By Joe Gould