One of the most troubling things about the Pentagon is that it hasn’t passed an audit in years. Trump’s new Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is aiming to change that.
He is committing to having the Pentagon pass a clean audit within four years, or by the end of Trump’s second term.
That might seem like a long time, but you must take into account the absolutely massive size of the project. We’re talking about something that spans the entire armed forces of the United States.
The Hill reports:
Hegseth commits to Pentagon passing clean audit within 4 years
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday committed to getting the Pentagon to pass a clean audit within four years after the Defense Department failed several in a row.
During a town hall with defense staffers, Hegseth said that he will ensure the Pentagon “at a bare minimum” passes a clean audit by the end of the current administration.
“The American taxpayers deserve that,” he continued. “They deserve to know where their $850 billion dollars go, how it’s spent, and make sure it’s spent wisely.”
The Pentagon failed its seventh audit in November, though officials claimed at the time they made strides toward the goal of a clean audit in 2028. Around half of the agencies passed and half failed in the audit.
The Pentagon has not passed a clean audit since it became legally obligated to in 2018, even as the budget has soared and is approaching a trillion dollars.
Ward Clark of RedState commented on this:
Nearly a trillion dollars of taxpayer money is being spent by the Pentagon every year. Every dollar must be accounted for, not just to ensure that it’s all spent, but spent properly; nothing on gender theory or DEI nonsense, all on training, equipment, logistics, and all of the activities and materials the armed forces need to find bad guys, anywhere in the world, and permanently revoke their birth certificates. We can have accountability and readiness; we must have accountability and readiness.
That is absolutely correct. The United States has the best military in the world. We need to return it to its intended function with a clean and transparent budget.
