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The Pentagon reportedly buried a report showing it wasted $125 billion of taxpayer money

  • The Department of Defense buried a report saying it could have prevented wasting $125 billion of taxpayers’ money.
  • The Pentagon buried the report in order to protect its massive budget.
  • The defense report (released in January 2015) outlined a series of solutions for the Pentagon to save $125 billion over five years without firing any civilian or military personnel. 
  • It was killed by high-ranking defense officials who believed exposing administrative waste could cause Congress to allocate it less money in the future. Read more

Wow.

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