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GAO: Border Costs Climbing the Fence

September 09, 2008 | National Security

Federal watchdogs confirmed our suspicions today when they revealed that the cost of building a 600+ mile fence along our southern border... Read More

CBO: $85 Billion for Iraq Contractors

August 11, 2008 | National Security

The Congressional Budget Office today released a report providing some of the most comprehensive estimates we’ve seen to date on the... Read More

Missile Defense Finds Funds in Milcon Earmarks

August 06, 2008 | National Security

This week we finished databasing earmarks in the Fiscal Year 2009 Senate bill that funds military construction and veterans’ affairs,... Read More

Bad Contracts Hurting Good People

July 24, 2008 | National Security

Our men and women in the military face enough problems without dealing with faulty wiring, contaminated water and corroded ammunition. So... Read More

Should Duke Cunningham be Pardoned?

Former Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham (R-CA), currently in the middle of an 8-year prison sentence for taking $2.4 million in bribes from... Read More

Los Alamos’ Insecurity Complex

July 15, 2008 | National Security

Though two of the nation’s largest nuclear labs are no doubt sad to see their patron Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) depart Congress, the... Read More

Marines Advertising on Hummers

July 14, 2008 | National Security

Anyone who has a TV knows the military spends tons of money for recruiting prospective troops into the services. Recently, while watching... Read More

End of a Nuclear Era

July 10, 2008 | National Security

Nuclear weapons labs and the Senator who loves them closed a chapter yesterday when the Senate cut funding for a controversial program to... Read More

GAO Finds Funny Fence Numbers at DHS

June 30, 2008 | National Security

At last, the Department of Homeland Security has given us some idea of what its border fence is going to cost—and it looks like a... Read More

GAO Sides with Boeing in Tanker Contract Dispute

June 17, 2008 | National Security

The Hill is reporting that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) has sided with Boeing in a dispute between aerospace giants over a... Read More

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February 15, 2013

Engineering Boondoggles

While Washington is wringing its hands about the automatic across-the-board budget cuts known as... Read More