From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Mon, 16 Feb 2026 17:32:10 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
      
   >   
   >   
   >Pentagon Fails 8th Audit in a Row as   
   >Congress Grants It $1 Trillion Budget   
   >Feb 14   
   >   
   >The Pentagon has failed its annual   
   >audit for the eighth consecutive year,   
   >continuing its streak as the only   
   >federal agency to never pass an audit   
   >even as Congress grants it a record   
   >high budget of over $1 trillion for   
   >2026.   
   >   
   >The Department of Defense identified   
   >issues with tracking funds for programs   
   >like its F-35 fighter jet program, the   
   >Pentagon’s most expensive project with   
   >a cost of over $2 trillion over the   
   >past few decades. The authors of the   
   >department’s annual financial report,   
   >released Friday, identified 26 material   
   >weaknesses within the department’s   
   >internal controls — referring to severe   
   >issues among the agency’s accounting   
   >that could lead to major misstatements   
   >in financial reports.   
   >   
   >The report said that the department   
   >is committed to its goal of passing   
   >an audit — which is legally mandated   
   >for federal agencies — by 2028.   
   >   
   >This funding stands in stark contrast   
   >with the historic affordability crisis   
   >gripping the U.S., triggered in part   
   >by the GOP’s sweeping cuts to Medicaid   
   >and SNAP benefits.   
   >   
   >https://truthout.org/articles/pentagon-fails-8th-audit-in-a-row-as-   
   >congress-grants-it-1-trillion-budget/   
      
   So it failed an audit that it always fails but this year that means   
   something???   
      
   How does that compute in that marble head of yours?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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