Several Senate Democrats are criticizing the Defense Department for spending too little, too slowly to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Pentagon says it intends to send lawmakers a plan today for using the $10.6 billion in coronavirus relief funds Congress provided in March. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) led several lawmakers, including Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT), in sending a letter this week to Defense Secretary Mark Esper expressing concern that DOD has only...
