To date, the US has committed about $114 billion in Ukraine‐related emergency funding, equivalent to the combined 2023 budget for the Department of Homeland Security and NASA. Should Congress decide to pass additional emergency funding, Ukraine aid plus interest could top $240 billion.
Downsizing Blog
The Pentagon’s Accounting Problem
The Pentagon’s inability to pass an audit, after years of outright stonewalling, followed by many more years of foot-dragging, is suddenly a hot topic.
Apollo 8: The Government Got One Thing Right
Fifty years ago today, NASA’s Apollo 8 mission sent three astronauts to orbit the moon and return safely to earth.
Wasteful Pentagon Spending
Just as Congress is preparing to hike defense spending, a new report suggests the inefficiency that has plagued the Pentagon for decades continues unabated.
Navy Scandal: Classic Government Corruption
The Washington Post does not do much investigating of waste, fraud, and abuse in federal agencies anymore, but it has done a great job with the Fat Leonard Navy corruption scandal.
Military Base Closings
Today a broad coalition of more than 40 different scholars from over 30 different think tanks and academic institutions have issued a letter calling on the relevant House and Senate committees to grant the Pentagon authority to reduce excess military infrastructure.
State Department Spending Triples
President Trump is reportedly planning to cut the Department of State’s budget by 37 percent.
Navy Corruption Scandal
The Washington Post has published another report on the Glenn Defense Navy scandal.
Pentagon Bureaucratic Waste: $125 Billion
The Washington Post has a blockbuster story today documenting vast overhead costs in the Department of Defense (DoD).
Our Corrupt Navy
The Glenn Defense Marine scandal has exposed “a staggering degree of corruption within the Navy,” concludes a Washington Post investigation.