Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) ripped the Department of Defense’s finances for failing its fifth consecutive audit and inability to account for 61% of its $3.5 trillion in assets.

“The most ravenous Leviathan of our government that devours the people’s wealth is the Department of Defense,” Higgins said in an impassioned speech during a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability hearing on the DOD’s failed audit, financial management practices.

  • AngrilyEatingMuffins
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    41 year ago

    imagine giving an organization that can’t account for almost two thirds of its assets a fucking TRILLION DOLLARS

    • Hasn’t it been this way since, well, forever? I seem to recall these headlines in the 90s and 00s too, but somehow the defense budget grows every year…