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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (2302)	7/16/2002 5:26:18 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) of 89467

*** Here's a very interesting LA Times article... Message 17746705 Politics: Pentagon finds some of the oversight by Congress is a burden and inefficient. <<...But calling for less oversight and more money at the same time is guaranteed to rankle watchdogs in Congress. The House and Senate are on track to give the Pentagon close to the $400 billion it wants for the fiscal year starting Oct. 1. "Now, do we need all these reports? No, but we actually need better reports than we're getting," Spratt said. "I'm willing to work with them on anything like this, but gee whiz, when they're asking for $400 billion, we have the right to ask for an accounting as they proceed to spend it." The Pentagon is also battling to exempt the military from key provisions of environmental legislation. The Pentagon wants exemptions under the Clean Air Act, the Endangered Species Act, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and hazardous waste laws. The military has long argued that environmental regulation inhibits critical training at bases across the country and offshore. Separately, the Pentagon has been pushing Congress to give it more freedom to create executive positions without congressional approvals, which have been slow in coming...>>

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