Pentagon’s Bloated, Opaque And Undisciplined Budget Undermines US National Security Submitted by Open The Books The Pentagon has an annual budget approaching a trillion dollars ($824.5 billion in 2024). While the United States boasts the strongest military in the world, not every dollar of Pentagon spending goes towards furthering national security, and examples of waste, fraud, and abuse abound. In fact, the agency has never passed an annual financial audit. At the same time, interest payments on our national debt ($1.02 trillion annually) now exceed our annual defense budget. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced in March that the department had… — Continue at ZeroHedge News : Read More
