Pentagon waste machine is still well-fueled | TheHill
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The recent revelation that the Pentagon paid $43 million for a gas station in Afghanistan that was never used has placed the issue of Pentagon waste on the agenda once again. The Special Inspector General for Afghan Reconstruction estimates that the gas station should have cost about $500,000, but #somehow it ended up costing 86 times that amount.
The gas station fiasco is just one of many examples of how the Pentagon budget is out of control. Another is the embarrassing case of the surveillance balloon that got free of its moorings in Maryland and drifted into southern Pennsylvania, cutting power lines along the way even as two F-16s were scrambled to shoot it down if necessary. The cost of the program, which is now under review: $2.7 billion.
#Pentagone #mais_ou_donc_va_l'argent ? #Etats-Unis #leadership #argent