House lawmakers are pressing Pentagon officials over their inability to fully account for its $3.5 trillion in assets, setting up a perennial dustup over the Department of Defense's repeat audit failures as the Biden administration prepares to unveil its annual budget.
The Defense Department will not provide back pay to troops who were kicked out for refusing to get mandated coronavirus vaccines, despite congressional Republicans forcing the Biden administration to rescind the policy.
Pentagon and independent government analysts agree that Navy and Air Force attack aircraft purchased in the 1970s and '80s have outlived their planned service lives.
The Pentagon is shipping more ammunition and military equipment to Ukraine to help the country defend itself against the Russian invasion that started 10 months ago.