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A lawyer administering the 9/11 victims fund directed $3.6 million worth of government contracts to her private law firms over a five-year period, a government watchdog reported. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)
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Administrator of 9/11 victims fund directed contracts to her private law firms

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At $2,200 per test, the cost quickly crossed into the millions of dollars. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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Government watchdog: CBP wasted $5M on unneeded polygraphs for disqualified applicants

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Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee ranking member Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., published the Defense Contract Audit Agency findings of $50 million in questionable expenditures by New Century Consulting and asked Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to explain by Aug. 28 who was responsible for oversight of the contractor. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
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Army contractor in Afghanistan bought Porsches, Bentley, prohibited guns and alcohol

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John Sopko said he is recommending a review of all organizational clothing and individual equipment contracts in Afghanistan after the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan approved purchases of proprietary camouflage clothing that were ill-suited to the terrain while free Defense Department-owned patterns were available. (AP Photos/Massoud Hossaini)
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Criminal probe opened over $28 million in alleged Afghan uniform waste

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Department of Defense's Office of the Inspector General released a report Thursday saying the Pentagon has failed to take advantage of 58 open recommendations to save money, and could save $33.6 billion if it followed these recommendations. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)
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Watchdog: Pentagon ignoring recommendations to save $33.6 billion

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Trump is absolutely right to try and kill OPIC. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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The Overseas Private Investment Corporation’s customers are the best argument for abolishing OPIC

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The U.S. government may have overpaid nearly $30 million dollars for uniforms for the Afghan National Army because it used a private contractor who offered a camouflage pattern that is unsuited to the country's terrain. (NATO photo by Kay M. Nissen)
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Watchdog: Pentagon may have wasted $30 million on buying the wrong pattern of Afghan army uniforms

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The new report indicates $1.2 trillion in improper payments have been made since 2003. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)
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Federal government wasted $136 billion in 2015

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McCain released a 15-page report that found
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McCain: Navajo Housing Authority ‘grossly misusing taxpayer funds’

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A receipt from the purchase showed that the EPA office on the campus of the University of Nevada in Las Vegas had charged $14,799.63 one year ago to buy 37
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Pruitt ends EPA gym memberships

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