President Donald Trump has directed Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to investigate wasteful spending in the Pentagon, particularly within the troubled US shipbuilding sector. The Pentagon's budget exceeds $800 billion and has repeatedly failed audits, prompting urgent calls for accountability. National Security Advisor Mike Waltz criticized the current state of shipbuilding, noting extensive problems with costs, delays, and a shrinking workforce. The administration aims to uncover potential billions lost to fraud and inefficiencies in defense contracting and procurement, seeking to improve fiscal oversight and operational effectiveness in military spending.
We need to know when we spend dollars. We need to know where they're going and why. That's simple accounting, and that has not existed at the Defense Department.
Plenty to look into in shipbuilding, which is an absolute mess, to look into contracting, into procurement.
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