Warren points DOGE to Pentagon 'wasteful' practices that could harvest hundreds of billions

By Jason Sherman / January 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The long-standing Pentagon practice of generating massive spending wish lists that target projects for funding above and beyond the formal Defense Department budget proposal proffered by the president should be targeted for elimination by the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency -- to harvest about $30 billion annually, according to a senator. That is one of more than a dozen examples of what Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) calls wasteful spending practices by the Defense Department she proffered in a 21-page,...

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