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A suppressed Pentagon report reveals that over one million contractors work in business operations for the Department of Defense, nearly matching the number of active-duty troops. Donald Trump criticizes Boeing over the escalating costs of the new Air Force One project, signaling a shift in relations with the military-industrial complex.
The Pentagon admitted it cannot account for $6.6 billion in funds intended for the reconstruction of Iraq. The money, which was reportedly shipped to the region on massive pallets of cash, has vanished without a clear paper trail. This massive loss of taxpayer money stands in stark contrast to the administration's public focus on cutting small-scale "waste" like government websites.
Retrograde Equipment Policy, Iraqi Hospital Transfer
The military policy of "retrograde"—rendering equipment useless rather than leaving it for local use—is criticized. A specific example is cited where the IBM Sina Hospital was transferred to the Iraqi government, but critical intensive care and trauma equipment was withheld because the U.S. Army refused to declare the items as "excess."
