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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRep Katie Porter: Today, I invited witnesses to play JeoparDoD, to win oversight
Each year, lawmakers and defense lobbyists play the same game, pouring hundreds of billions into the Pentagon without scrutinizing every dollarand it's taxpayers who lose.
Today, I invited witnesses to play JeoparDoD, to win oversight for the American people.
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( Is she awesome or what? )
Deuxcents
(16,536 posts)peppertree
(21,838 posts)zuul
(14,631 posts)I love her!
LT Barclay
(2,632 posts)leftstreet
(36,119 posts)IcyPeas
(21,973 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)markodochartaigh
(1,207 posts)Marcuse
(7,583 posts)BeckyDem
(8,361 posts)Come on, she says...I'm rooting for ya to get one right.
lol
Karadeniz
(22,638 posts)nevergiveup
(4,776 posts)That they played along speaks to how really good she is.
whathehell
(29,135 posts)I love her.
FailureToCommunicate
(14,051 posts)it! Well done all.
Still, too bad we taxpayers are the perennial losers in this game!
trof
(54,256 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,607 posts)61% of funds not accounted for????
That's unbelievable.
questionseverything
(9,672 posts)Makes me wonder what they are doing with that money that they dont want us to know about
LT Barclay
(2,632 posts)We'll just never see the accounting in our lifetimes.
Uncle Joe
(58,682 posts)Thanks for the thread BeckyDem
Wild blueberry
(6,695 posts)Great game, even better points scored, as in Truth.
Thank you, Katie Porter!
Faux pas
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