Bush can't find our tax dollars.....great for a good military to LOSE $1.2 BILLION in goods......
The following article, which appeared in the December 26, 2003 Wall Street Journal highlights one of the
reasons why the DOD is so enthused about RFID.
U.S. Can’t Account for Iraq Supplies”
Dow Jones Newswires
Washington – The U.S. Department of Defense can’t account for $1.2 billion of materials related to
Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to a government unit.
The report found “substantial logistics support problems,” according to the General Accounting Office, the
investigative arm of Congress.
The missing $1.2 billion in materials is the discrepancy between what the military knows it sent out, and what
auditors have been able to locate in the field. The materials could be anything from consumables, like food,
to weapons parts, said William Solis, GAO’s director for defense capabilities and management.
“The actual military operation was deemed a success, but the logistics effort was less than perfect,” Mr.
Solis said. The logistics problems, he added, “could have impaired readiness.”
Pentagon representatives, in oral comments to the GAO, “generally concurred” with the findings and pointed
to a series of corrective actions already taken, according to the GAO. The steps included designating a
defense logistics executive and streamlining the distribution process. Pentagon spokesman Glenn Flood
confirmed the Pentagon had implemented the policy changes, but was unfamiliar with the GAO report.
The Dec. 18 report, which covers approximately $19.1 billion in government spending, pointed to an
inadequate tagging system where items either weren’t tagged or were undeliverable because the
tag fell off.
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