Pentagon Fails Another Financial Audit, but Urges Patience as it Gets its Books in Order
The Department of Defense has failed yet another financial audit, the third since such audits began in 2018. But according to the Pentagon’s comptroller, Thomas Harker, there is hope the…
Trump to Order More Troops Home From Iraq, Afghanistan
President Donald Trump is reportedly going to instruct the Pentagon to reduce the number of U.S. troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan. According to the Wall Street Journal, the order…
Add High Taxes to the List of Reasons People are Leaving Big Cities
There has been a lot of anecdotal evidence of people leaving big cities behind to live in more suburban, rural, or exotic locations because of the coronavirus. But there’s another…
Billions of U.S. Taxpayer Dollars Lost to Waste, Fraud, Abuse in Afghanistan
If there was a need for an additional reason to bring U.S. involvement in Afghanistan to an end it’s a new report from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction…
On Foreign Policy, Trump has Been ‘True to His Word’
President Donald Trump got an unexpected acknowledgment that, on foreign policy, he has been a man of his word. The Financial Times’ Edward Luce – no friend of the president…
Don’t Reward Bad Fiscal Behavior With Another Bailout
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has put a 48-hour deadline on reaching an agreement on another stimulus. Among the differences between House Democrats and the White House is how much aid…
President Says He’s Committed to Ending Afghanistan Operations
President Donald Trump took to Twitter last week to thank Libertarians and, apparently, confirm Sen. Rand Paul’s statement that the president “is ending the war in Afghanistan.” Earlier this month,…
Delays and Cost Overruns Plague Navy Shipyards
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The U.S. Navy has a maintenance problem, according to the Government Accountability Office. Lengthy and costly delays are hurting Navy readiness, with “shipyards…
Pentagon IG: Unresolved Problems are Costing Money, and Making it Harder to Save Lives
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. The Pentagon’s inspector general has issued an annual review of unresolved issues at the department and found the backlog – and cost, in…
Russian Military Intelligence Behind Spate of New Cyber Attacks
Article from For Liberty by Norm Leahy. In a reminder that Vladimir Putin’s Russia is no friend of the United States or capitalism, recent reporting has uncovered that Russian’s military…