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Defense Dept. Threw Away Almost $100B in Use-it-or-lose-it Spendathon

ByPimpHesus

Mar 12, 2026

The Department of Defense — or what President Donald Trump calls the “War Department” — threw away almost $100 billion during a madcap use-it-or-lose-it spending spree in September 2025. The waste included $25 million on luxury food items such as lobster and Alaskan king crab, Open the Books reported. Yet the spending is not unique, …

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