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  • GAO says Pentagon doesn't know how much it loses to improper payments

    By Kelly Cohen | 06/14/13 03:35 PM

    Payments that shouldn't have been made cost the Department of Defense at least $1.1 billion in 2011 and possibly much more, according to a congressional watchdog agency. The Government Accountability Office found that DOD's "long-standing history of pervasive financial management weaknesses,...

  • Navy keeps buying extra parts despite 14 years of auditors saying 'Stop!'

    By Michal Conger | 06/12/13 12:35 PM

    Navy contractors waste millions of taxpayer dollars every year on excess equipment for shipbuilding and repairs, despite 14 years of IG audits highlighting the problem, according to an audit by the internal watchdog for the Department of Defense. "The failure of the contracting officer to act...

  • Thomas Sowell: Folly in the military

    By Thomas Sowell | 06/10/13 06:55 PM

    The headline on the front page of the New York Times said it all: "Women in the Senate Confront the Military on Sex Assaults." In a triumphalist article showcasing the growing numbers of women on the Senate Armed Services Committee, "one of the Senate's most testosterone-driven panels," the...

  • Fort Hood suspect's paralysis could slow trial

    By ANGELA K. BROWN | 06/09/13 07:30 PM

    FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) -- When an Army psychiatrist goes on trial for the deadly 2009 Fort Hood shooting rampage, the pace could be slower than usual. That's because Maj. Nidal Hasan's paralysis-related health issues require him to have more breaks since he'll be serving as his own attorney....

  • James Jay Carafano: Keeping military justice just

    By James Carafano | 06/09/13 04:40 PM

    Norm Cota had to make a lot of tough calls. On D-Day, he brought his men across the beach that became known as "Bloody Omaha." Five months later, he led his exhausted division into the devastating battle of the Huertgen Forest. But the most difficult call of his career concerned Pvt. Eddie...

  • Obama: Defense Department helped build Silicon Valley

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/07/13 10:20 AM

    President Obama touted the federal government’s role in supporting Silicon Valley industry, as he reminded California donors that a Defense Department program helped research internet technology. “The incredible prosperity that is generated from Silicon Valley in part is because we...

  • Playboy, Penthouse sales on military bases blamed for sex assaults

    By Paul Bedard | 06/05/13 01:50 PM

    They're not supposed to sell them, but some military exchanges still offer Penthouse, Playboy and other explicit magazines, and those sales contribute to the sexual harassment problem plaguing the services, according to a key lawmaker. Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., told the military brass this...

  • Leon Panetta gave Hollywood exec top secret info on Bin Laden raid's SEAL unit, leader

    By Mark Tapscott | 06/04/13 11:45 PM

    Former Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta disclosed top secret information about the Navy SEALS unit that conducted the mission on which Osama Bin Laden was found and killed, according to an unpublished Inspector-General report obtained by the Project on Government Oversight. Panetta's...

  • Military family’s appeal to Congress backfires after DOD denies coverage for disabled girl’s therapy

    By Joel Gehrke | 06/04/13 08:00 PM

    A military family’s campaign to have Congress restore health insurance coverage for a therapy administered to the disabled daughter of a Navy pilot backfired when a group of lawmakers in the House of Representatives recommended legislative text that the family regards as detrimental to...

  • VIDEO: US military challenged on sexual assaults

    06/04/13 04:00 PM

    Congress weighing changes on how to process sexual assault cases in the military.


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