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Politics : DON'T START THE WAR
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To: PartyTime who wrote (1837)1/17/2003 6:35:19 PM
From: Mighty_Mezz  Read Replies (2) of 25898
 
re "As good as our military is we lose things also."

And on a grand scale, too.

For fiscal year 1999 the Pentagon Inspector General reported $2.3 trillion worth of untraceable accounting entries.
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The Army's central accounting system lost 56 airplanes, 32 tanks and 36 Javelin missile launchers, a General Accounting Office study found when it audited the Army's fiscal year 1999 books.
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The Army and Navy together lost during shipment almost $4 billion worth of equipment, the GAO reported in June 2000, including what the GAO said were "some classified and sensitive items."

from newhouse.com
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