Pentagon lost $6.6 BILLION in Iraq aid

[gabosaurus]

So far it has cost the U.S. $61 billion to rebuild Iraq after Dubya's war of retribution.
Included in that amount is $6.6 billion that the Department of Defense is "unable to account for."

Wonder what the right wing blogs would say if Obama admitted he lost $6.6 billion.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missing-billions-20110613,0,4414060.story

[SassyLady]

So far it has cost the U.S. $61 billion to rebuild Iraq after Dubya's war of retribution.
Included in that amount is $6.6 billion that the Department of Defense is "unable to account for."

Wonder what the right wing blogs would say if Obama admitted he lost $6.6 billion.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missing-billions-20110613,0,4414060.story

Probably the same thing they're already saying about him....."what a loser".

[red states rule]

So far it has cost the U.S. $61 billion to rebuild Iraq after Dubya's war of retribution.
Included in that amount is $6.6 billion that the Department of Defense is "unable to account for."

Wonder what the right wing blogs would say if Obama admitted he lost $6.6 billion.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missing-billions-20110613,0,4414060.story

Obama did lose over $1 trillion dollars Gabby

He called it his "stimulus" plan

[avatar4321]

Big government at it's best.

[LuvRPgrl]

So far it has cost the U.S. $61 billion to rebuild Iraq after Dubya's war of retribution.
Included in that amount is $6.6 billion that the Department of Defense is "unable to account for."

Wonder what the right wing blogs would say if Obama admitted he lost $6.6 billion.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-missing-billions-20110613,0,4414060.story

And yet you support increasing the size of the same govt that cant account for that money.

Its funny, article says they didnt have the "time or staff" to keep accurate records, seems like logic would dictate that with 6.6 billion at their disposal, they would have hired a team of accountants, but hey, thats our govt at work, lets raise taxes and make it bigger and easier for them to steal our money

[jimnyc]

Dubya's war of retribution.

The war that Congress and top Democrats voted for. How come you don't speak up about Obama sending troops to Libya without approval of congress? Is everything OK so long as a (D) does it? I thought we need not have troops involved in wars unless our country was in danger?

Amazing how the dem supporters go silent all the time.

http://i54.tinypic.com/flvmz5.jpg

[avatar4321]

And yet you support increasing the size of the same govt that cant account for that money.

Its funny, article says they didnt have the "time or staff" to keep accurate records, seems like logic would dictate that with 6.6 billion at their disposal, they would have hired a team of accountants, but hey, thats our govt at work, lets raise taxes and make it bigger and easier for them to steal our money

Logic and Government bueaucrats don't go together.

[red states rule]

Obama on the stimulus

"Shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we expected"

Great way to dismiss the waste of one trillion of taxpayer money, eh?


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[avatar4321]

At least he isn't lying about it anymore.

[red states rule]

At least he isn't lying about it anymore.

For today only

Everything Obama says come with an expiration date

[avatar4321]

For today only

Everything Obama says come with an expiration date

Can't argue there.

[red states rule]

Can't argue there.

I knew you wouldn't

But Gabby and Virgil sure will :laugh2:

[fj1200]

So far it has cost the U.S. $61 billion to rebuild Iraq after Dubya's war of retribution.
Included in that amount is $6.6 billion that the Department of Defense is "unable to account for."

Doesn't Medicare lose 10 times that much through fraud EVERY YEAR!!!

Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml)

Just sayin'.

[red states rule]

Here we go again folks, Obama is going after waste, fraud, and abuse

If the Obama administration knew about this why did they wait 2 1/2 years to correct it?

and why the hell are they putting Biden in charge? This was the same guy who oversaw the "stimulus" to ensure no money was wasted






Responsibility for the White House “Campaign to Cut Waste” will fall to Vice President Biden, Cabinet secretaries and agency watchdogs, who plan to meet regularly to track progress and review quarterly spending reports.

Biden said Monday that the effort will be modeled after oversight of the economic stimulus plan, a project lauded by lawmakers and outside observers for its rigorous accounting of virtually every dollar spent through the use of online mapping tools and quarterly spending reports.

“No matter which way you cut it, the fraud so far has been remarkably low,” Biden said of the stimulus program during a White House announcement.

The new anti-waste campaign comes months after a widely read government watchdog report found that the government spends billions annually on overlapping offices and agencies, including more than 100 programs dealing with surface transportation issues and 15 agencies or offices overseeing food safety.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-launches-new-campaign-to-cut-waste/2011/06/13/AGvWpgTH_story.html