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Post by avordvet on May 22, 2017 4:37:59 GMT -5
If this was reported under the obama regime, the Republicans would be up in arms, but now that an R is in office... (crickets chirping) ALL funding spigots should be shut down immediately until all such 'accounts' are emptied and closed... At the Pentagon, overpriced fuel sparks allegations — and denials — of a slush fundBy Craig Whitlock and Bob Woodward May 20 The Pentagon has generated almost $6 billion over the past seven years by charging the armed forces excessive prices for fuel and has used the money — called the “bishop’s fund” by some critics — to bolster mismanaged or underfunded military programs, documents show. Since 2015, the Defense Department has tapped surpluses from its fuel accounts for $80 million to train Syrian rebels, $450 million to shore up a prescription-drug program riddled with fraud and $1.4 billion to cover unanticipated expenses from the war in Afghanistan, according to military accounting records. The Pentagon has amassed the extra cash by billing the armed forces for fuel at rates often much higher — sometimes $1 per gallon or more — than what commercial airlines paid for jet fuel on the open market. www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/at-the-pentagon-overpriced-fuel-sparks-allegations--and-denials--of-a-slush-fund/2017/05/20/c5ff4bf4-31b2-11e7-9dec-764dc781686f_story.html
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