This Crap Just Pisses Me Off

posted by gyma

Must be a rounding error:

(CNN) -- The U.S. Defense Department cannot account for about $2 billion it was given to cover Iraq-related expenses and is not providing Iraq with a complete list of U.S.-funded reconstruction projects, according to two new government audits.

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The Iraqi government in 2004 gave the Department of Defense access to about $3 billion to pay bills for certain contracts, and the department can only show what happened to about a third of that, the inspector general says in an audit published Friday.

Republicans, of course, want us all to believe Obama is gutting, gutting the military. Considering the sloppy handling of their budget, perhaps this is a good thing.