Hagel: Cutting $52 billion from Pentagon next year would would have "severe*& unacceptable effects"

[Savannahmann]

13. Does that mean we'll stop constructing headquarters buildings we won't use?

Perhaps we'll actually start looking at the things we're paying for. I mean, if we spent $34 million on a 64,000 square foot building that is state of the art for headquarters facilities, completing construction within a year of our departure, you have to wonder about the wisdom of those who are demanding no cuts to their budgets.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/a-brand-new-us-military-headquarters-in-afghanistan-and-nobody-to-use-it/2013/07/09/2bb73728-e8cd-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html

Seriously, we built this monstrosity in Afghanistan, just as we're pulling out. Then this ass has the audacity to whine about cuts to his budget? It doesn't look like anyone has a clue about spending the money wisely. How many sick people were cured with that building? How many hungry people were fed? What great breakthrough did we move closer to on Climate change? Energy? You name it. It was wasted, money paid to a Contractor who built and set up a building that we never intended to use. What was the Contractor, a relative of someone in the budget office?