Former acting Defense chief under Trump calls for military budget to be cut in half

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28. I really hate having to use Sen. Grassley as a source but he's got a point.

https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/bipartisan-senators-slam-pentagon-for-continued-lack-of-clean-audit

Bipartisan Senators Slam Pentagon for Continued Lack of Clean Audit

WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is criticizing the Defense Department’s continued failure to obtain a clean financial audit, and pressing the department to prioritize the longstanding and documented issues preventing it from achieving that goal.

“As you know, the DOD has the largest budget of any Executive Branch agency, and unfortunately is the only agency that has not managed to obtain a clean audit opinion. The DOD only recently began conducting full financial audits, despite the fact that it has been required by law since 1990…” the senators wrote.

In a letter to the Pentagon’s Chief Financial Officer Michael McCord, the group of lawmakers highlights the thousands of outstanding recommendations from auditors and the limited progress the department has made over years. They also pressed the department to finally implement modern accounting systems to support effective internal controls and clean audits in the future.

The letter was led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and joined by Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa).

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