Inspector General Reveals Staggering Waste in Afghan War

06-14-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com, Jason Ditz

Billions Spent on Never-Used Gear

US wasted up to $8 bln on Iraq reconstruction

07-19-2012 • http://rt.com

Billions of taxpayer dollars are vanishing in Iraq as the government fails to properly monitor its spending.

US reportedly abandons plans for Afghan consulate after already spending $80M

05-07-2012 • http://www.foxnews.com, MAZAR-E SHARIF

US officials abandoned plans to open a consulate in northern Afghanistan over security concerns -- despite spending more than $80 million on the site, The Washington Post reported Sunday.

U.S. funding for Egyptian military to resume, senior administration officials say

03-16-2012 • William Wan, Washington Post

Hillary Clinton is close to announcing plans to bypass Congressional restrictions (recent law) for fear of worsening already fraying ties with Egyptian leaders and disrupting American jobs and U.S. defense contracts that make up the bulk of the milit

Government as venture capitalist

11-15-2011 • cafe hayek

Solyndra, the solar-panel maker that received more than half a billion dollars in federal loans from the Obama administration only to go bankrupt this fall, isn’t the first dud for U.S. government officials trying to play venture capitalist in the en

America has wasted $60bn fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq through poor planning and fraud

08-31-2011 • Associated Press

As much as $60billion in U.S. funds has been lost to waste and fraud in the past decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, it has been claimed. The billions have been lost through lax oversight of contractors, poor planning and payoffs to warlor

Cost of air conditioning for U.S. troops in MidEast more than NASA budget

06-27-2011 • http://www.rawstory.com/

The United States spends $20.2 billion annually on air conditioning for troops stationed in Iraq and Afghanistan — more than NASA's entire budget, NPR reported.