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The American Defense Sec. Wants $500 Billion to Spend…..

February 22, 2026 By jamesb

That IS what Pete Hegseth WANTS..... One SERIOUSLY doubts he's gonna get anything near that amount of money to spend.... (President's propose spending budget's...Congress writes the checks...Very seldom do President's get All they want) Note with the Democrats wired up … [Read more...] about The American Defense Sec. Wants $500 Billion to Spend…..

Filed Under: Government, Law, Media, Military, Other Things, Politics, the Economy Tagged With: Congress, Defense Sec Pete Hegseth, Defense Sec. Wants $500 Billion, Government, Military, Politics, Trump Admin, US Military spending

US House passes a Defense Bill higher than Biden wanted….

December 7, 2021 By jamesb

The President wanted to make cuts in the military budget .... He thought after Afghanistan he could do so.... Congress thought better and added more money.... That money might be used for the possible Ukraine deployments already.... The Senate is expected to also … [Read more...] about US House passes a Defense Bill higher than Biden wanted….

Filed Under: Government, Law, Military, Politics Tagged With: 2021 Defense Spending Bill, US House 2021 Defense Bill, US Military spending

The US Defense Dept. was audited last year….It mostly ‘failed’ the audit…

July 5, 2019 By jamesb

  In its first effort at trying to count the nuts, bolts and other things? (The National Defense budget for FY2019 is estimated @ $693,058.000.00...That's Billions)) Only 5 of the 21 internal looks, done by over 1,000 auditors working for the the … [Read more...] about The US Defense Dept. was audited last year….It mostly ‘failed’ the audit…

Filed Under: Government, Military, Other Things, Politics Tagged With: Congress, Defense Dept. spending, US Defense Dept./Pentagon audit, US Military spending

The US Navy has a habit of spending money on ships that are no good…..

March 20, 2019 By jamesb

In THAT ? They are throwing away MY money and YOUR money..... WTF are they allowed to do THAT? For the U.S. Navy, buying warships that are defective, unfinished or both has become the norm. The habit is expensive, dangerous and leaves overworked sailors to deal with … [Read more...] about The US Navy has a habit of spending money on ships that are no good…..

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