Despite pledge to curtail corporate earmarks, politicians pursue them

By David Heath

Some members of Congress funnel tax dollars for businesses through universities and nonprofits

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"… up a nonprofit entity to secure government contracts. Charles Lambert, an Air Force veteran, said that in December he created the nonprofit, Persistent Elevat …"

Pentagon's accounting shambles may cost an additional $1 billion

By R. Jeffrey Smith

DOD said its books wouldn't be clean until 2017; Panetta wants to move the deadline up

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"… — one by the Navy regarding its civilian pay records and another by the Air Force involving its military equipment — also proved unwarranted. The GAO repo …"

"… audits.   “We have to keep in mind the ultimate goal here,” Air Force comptroller Jamie Morin told a Senate financial services subcommittee last …"

FACT CHECK: Mangled facts in Manchester

By FactCheck.Org

Candidates fumble some claims hours before they'll face off again

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"… bout Gingrich’s draft deferments.The truth is, however, that Paul was an Air Force flight surgeon — not exactly front-line duty. And Gingrich’s stepfathe …"

"… dical school at Duke University. Paul later became a flight surgeon in the Air Force when he was called to duty.Santorum’s ‘Middle Class’ InconsistencyFo …"

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Failure to communicate: Inside the army's doomed quest for the 'perfect' radio

By David Axe

The military's unsuccessful quest for a hi-tech battlefield radio consumes more than $17 billion

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"… backup satellite radio in case the mountains blocked the transmission. An Air Force controller carried his own radio for talking to jet fighters overhead and …"

"… ll previous Army radio models plus almost every radio used by the Marines, Air Force, Navy and even civilian organizations such as local police departments.The …"

Puncturing the hot air balloons on defense spending

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Rhetoric confuses reality, as Obama's defense budget proposal would shift planned spending by less than one percent

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"… d War II, the smallest number of ships since World War I, and the smallest Air Force in its history.But on January 5, Panetta enthusiastically embraced a plan …"

"… rnization of Army helicopters would be deferred, and purchases of the Air Force's costly F35 fighter jets would be slowed due to technical troubles. A new …"

"… ground combat vehicle would also be slowed.The current version of the Air Force’s Global Hawk drone program – which has had major cost overruns and po …"

"… cut the number of its ships in this period from 570 to 285; similarly, the Air Force has cut the number of its active duty aircraft and helicopters from more t …"

Pentagon misreports or ignores long-term weapons costs

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Reports to congress ignore or omit long-term weapons costs

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"… rs looked particularly closely at fifteen major programs — including the Air Force’s controversial and trouble-prone F-35 fighter jet program, the Army’s …"

"… r jet program, the Army’s High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, and the Air Force and Marine Corps’ V-22 hybrid helicopter/aircraft program — and found …"

"… ompleted until 2020.The worst offender among the military services was the Air Force; of the ten programs that in 2010 completely ignored the requirement to re …"

"… and support costs, eight were “major modifications to, or subsystems of, Air Force weapon systems,” according to the GAO’s report. Included were two modi …"

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Partial remains of 9/11 victims went to landfill

By The Associated Press

2011 report finds evidence of 'gross mismanagement' at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base

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"… by an independent panel that studied underlying management flaws at Dover Air Force Base mortuary in Delaware. A 2011 probe found "gross mismanagement" there, …"

"… here had been no mention of Dover's role in handling 9/11 victims' remains.Air Force leaders, asked about the 9/11 matter at a news conference, said they had b …"

"… e Tuesday to explain his panel's findings."This is new information to me," Air Force Secretary Michael Donley said.He said it was unclear whether the matter wo …"

"… ontainers that were provided to a biomedical waste disposal" company under Air Force contract. "Per the biomedical waste contract at that time, the contractor …"

Possible nuclear weapons cuts worry Republican lawmakers

By Aaron Mehta and R. Jeffrey Smith

Future arms agreements threaten profitable line of work for defense contracting giants

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"… -70 billion, for example. And a new long-range strategic bomber, which the Air Force has decided to build on an accelerated schedule, is slated to cost at leas …"

Will the $55 billion bomber program fly?

By David Axe

The pricetag is at least $55 billion, the design is unsettled and the mission is controversial.

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"… d dozens of concrete aircraft shelters near Libya’s northern coast. The Air Force points to that successful mission, and thousands of others against insurge …"

"… tary power are best carried out by strategic bombers. As a result, th­­e Air Force says, the country needs more and newer versions of them, at the cost of te …"

"… pete to serve its military role. Critics have expressed concerns that the Air Force will not fit the bombers into its budget; that their preliminary design is …"

"… d ones are undergoing multi-billion-dollar upgrades. By all accounts, the Air Force’s track record of making bombers the country can afford is dismal. The B …"

Billions of dollars for fancy software and where has it gotten them?

By R. Jeffrey Smith

New army and air force software produces errors not efficiency

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"… s shortcomings in accounting software now being tested by the Army and the Air Force.The software, developed at a pricetag of $2.665 billion since 2003, was me …"

"… based its assessment on its own research as well as internal Army and Air Force reviews that it said had confirmed problems existed in “data quality, da …"

"… ials that so far involve only a fraction of the estimated 529,000 Army and Air Force employees that are slated to use the software while monitoring $471 billio …"

"… o spreadsheets and other software so they can create needed reports.In the Air Force, where just one-thirtieth of the intended employees are working with the s …"

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