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Start looking in the couch cushions....... JeffHead Nov 2013 #1
Look here's some of it!... PoliticAverse Nov 2013 #2
It wasn't America's money, but what about Iraqi oil paying for the war? Th1onein Nov 2013 #13
Iraqi oil... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2013 #15
roughly 500+ Billion/yr mattvermont Nov 2013 #3
No we're not FKY. Treant Nov 2013 #6
And yet they want the Defense Department to spend more... Lobo27 Nov 2013 #9
Off to the Greatest Pages with ya. n/t truedelphi Nov 2013 #4
They stacked 100 dollar bills on pallets and shipped them to our enemies, trying to buy "friends." blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #5
And they're trying to steal it out of your Social Security Net, via the "Grand Bargain." blkmusclmachine Nov 2013 #7
It's been LONG overdue for an audit sakabatou Nov 2013 #8
I have been screaming about this on every forum I can for years maindawg Nov 2013 #10
A trillion here, a trillion there, and pretty soon you're talking real money Major Nikon Nov 2013 #11
There's a reason SheilaT Nov 2013 #12
I'm really bad at math. Can anyone help me out here? Fridays Child Nov 2013 #14
Here ya go... Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #17
Malloy is amazing. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #23
He should be on every station in the country. Spitfire of ATJ Nov 2013 #30
It's not that its lost, but rather that the accounting methods are flawed bhikkhu Nov 2013 #20
That's right, of course. But, whenever I see DoD figures, I remember that Robert Fulghum quote. Fridays Child Nov 2013 #22
Those would have to be some damn good cookies. ThoughtCriminal Nov 2013 #32
Maybe. But if they wanted to account for it accurately they could do it. GoneFishin Nov 2013 #28
If you can't account for it, then it fits perfectly under the meme, which includes incompetence Major Nikon Nov 2013 #29
They can say where it went, they just can't prove it sufficiently bhikkhu Nov 2013 #31
Which means they can't say where it went Major Nikon Nov 2013 #33
And that is exactly why we must cut Social Security and Medicare Samantha Nov 2013 #16
How? It's called privatization. The information is proprietary and not public for all intents. Small freshwest Nov 2013 #18
What's The Story Here DallasNE Nov 2013 #19
The story is rather more careless with its claims than the DoD is with its accounting bhikkhu Nov 2013 #21
That's also over 15 years - $550 billion per year jmowreader Nov 2013 #25
If you went back to the Reagan administration it would be worse than that jmowreader Nov 2013 #24
"Seagull Fryer?" another_liberal Nov 2013 #27
Each AN/SPY-1A radar antenna puts out 1.5 million watts of microwave energy jmowreader Nov 2013 #35
Holy Crap!!!! Lobo27 Nov 2013 #37
It's radio waves jmowreader Nov 2013 #38
If they turned these on full power in port, the damage would be incredible. AtheistCrusader Dec 2013 #39
Exactly. Imagine being berthed next to an aircraft carrier and turning this on jmowreader Dec 2013 #40
The money they can account for . . . another_liberal Nov 2013 #26
Congress often forces the Pentagon to buy stuff they don't need. iandhr Nov 2013 #34
Newtie was a huge advocate of doing that jmowreader Dec 2013 #41
K&R ReRe Nov 2013 #36
Well, they can't defend this! QuestForSense Dec 2013 #42
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