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Tuesday, November 20, 2012

Pentagon spending for non-military programs assailed

http://www.publicintegrity.org/2012/11/20/11835/pentagon-spending-non-military-programs-assailed

Pentagon spending for non-military programs assailed

By R. Jeffrey Smith

November 2, 2012

What do scientific experiments involving babies and robots have to do with excessively costly elementary schools and low-priced grocery stores for the elderly?
The answer is, these endeavors are all financed by the Department of Defense’s $629 billion annual budget, in what one Senator depicts as a spending free-for-all that adds to the federal deficit while diverting resources from genuine military needs.

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