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Should VA keep spending leftover COVID funds or give them back?
When the national COVID-19 emergency ended earlier this month, about $2.1 billion in extra money for veterans support remained unused.
VA medical testing on dogs gets support and criticism in new report
Department officials have reduced such tests in recent years but insist some canine experiments are still needed for medical breakthroughs.
Dozens affected by toxic exposure from fire at hazmat storage facility at Kadena
A fire in a hazerdous materials storage building at Kadena Air Base exposed dozens to toxic fumes.
By Howard Altman
Air Force wasted $17M on unneeded, never-delivered weather sensors for Reaper drone, IG finds
The weather sensor wouldn't have done much to stop Reaper crashes even if it had been finished, IG found.
Is this the solution to contaminated water on military bases?
Civilian researchers tested a plasma reactor at an Air Force Base that could destroy cancer-linked chemicals in drinking water.
VA office charged with protecting whistleblowers hurts them instead, investigators say
The VA inspector general found widespread concerns with the two-year-old office, and multiple practices that would discourage employees from reporting wrongdoing.
Washington state sues Trump to block Navy money for border wall
At issue is an $89 million project to build a pier, maintenance facility and berthing for two vessels that escort and provide security for submarines.
Fort Hood fined for mishandling hazardous motor pool waste
The fine was originally $1 million, but garrison attorneys were able to negotiate it down to $250,000.
By Kyle Rempfer
Op-Ed: Tax dollars should fund defense, not lavish lifestyles of contractors
Too much of the defense budget is being misspent says U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
By Chuck Grassley
The Pentagon’s lobster dinner bill: Government waste or good food?
The military's top finance official refuted reports that the Pentagon wasted millions on lavish food spending at the end of last fiscal year.
Use-it or lose-it: DoD dropped $4.6 million on crab and lobster, and $9,000 on a chair in last-minute spending spree
The federal government found a way to spend $97 billion in a single month last year, of which more than $61 billion can be attributed to the Pentagon.
By Kyle Rempfer