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weapons inspectors needed
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Date:
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Thu, 22 May 2003 13:44:11 GMT
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Oh my! It appears Bush's weapons inspectors are having no luck finding SH's
WOMD. Perhaps when they return to the USA they can be tasked to find some of
the stuff the Pentagon has lost; the headliners:
+ > 1 trillion dollars
+ 56 airplanes
+ 32 tanks
+ 36 missile launchers
What could any self respecting terrorist do with that little bunch?!?
More:
So much for the peace dividend: Pentagon is winning the battle for a $400bn
budget
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,960876,00.html
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...Democrats in Congress have vigorously objected to the bill, at a time of
unbridled Pentagon waste. In an open letter to leaders of both parties, they
said: "To date, no major part of the department of defence has passed the test
of an independent audit."
The Pentagon's own inspector general recently admitted that the department
could not account for more than a trillion dollars of past spending. A
congressional investigation reported that inventory management in the army was
so weak it had lost track of 56 airplanes, 32 tanks, and 36 missile launchers.
"There's no accountability," said Danielle Brian, head of the Washington budget
watchdog, Project on Government Oversight. "Any other agency would be closed
down but the Pentagon is Teflon. Any challenge to the Pentagon is seen as
unpatriotic."
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