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Tracking Military Waste

ProPublica is investigating how billions of U.S. tax dollars have been spent on questionable or failed projects and how those responsible for this waste are rarely held accountable.

12 stories published since 2015

Senator: Someone Needs to Be Fired Over Wasted $65 Million Plane

by Megan Rose,

Our Military Waste Game Suddenly Seems Prophetic

by Megan Rose,

Lawmakers to Pentagon: Goats, Carpets and Jewelry Helped Afghanistan How?

by Megan Rose,

Afghanistan Waste Exhibit A: Kajaki Dam, More Than $300M Spent and Still Not Done

by Megan Rose,

The U.S. Spent a Half Billion on Mining in Afghanistan With ‘Limited Progress’

by Megan Rose,

We Blew $17 Billion in Afghanistan. How Would You Have Spent It?

by Megan Rose, Lena V. Groeger and Sisi Wei,

Pentagon Task Force: We Want Villas and Flat-Screen TVs in Afghanistan

by Megan Rose,

Plot Thickens: Pentagon Now Facing More Scrutiny Over $766 Million Task Force

by Megan Rose,

Watchdog Accuses Pentagon of Evading Questions on $800 Million Afghanistan Program

by Megan Rose,

Taxpayers Fund Yet Another Unneeded Building in Afghanistan

by Megan Rose,

The Military Built Another Multimillion-Dollar Building in Afghanistan That No One Used

by Megan Rose,

Behavior of Military Lawyer in Boondoggle HQ Inquiry Under Scrutiny

by Megan Rose,

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