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Pentagon can't account for 63% of nearly $4 trillion in assets

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The Pentagon failed its sixth audit in a row last month.

And "failed" is putting it generously. The department actually received a "disclaimer of opinion." According to the Government Accountability Office, that means "auditors were unable to obtain sufficient, appropriate evidence to provide a basis for an audit opinion." So the outcome is more like an "incomplete" than an abject failure.


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