Pentagon credit cards trigger billions in fraud and debt
The Pentagon issued millions of travel and purchase cards leading to at least nine billion dollars in debt and numerous fraud cases. GAO and Grassley warn of lax controls, with limits up to one hundred thousand dollars and no proper credit checks. Pentagon and defense officials defend card use as speeding purchases, while agreeing to address concerns at a hearing.
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Navajo Code Talkers Honored With Congressional Medals
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House plan expands farm subsidies to more crops
Washington AP Five years after a GOP congress moved farmers off direct support, a House Agriculture Committee measure would keep grain and cotton subsidies, add payments for honey peanuts and other crops, and lift conservation funding by 1.6 billion annually.
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Teen to be sentenced today in shooting case
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