Pentagon Faces Pressure Over $6.2 Billion Accounting ‘Error’ as House Panel Demands Accountability

Pentagon Faces Pressure Over $6.2 Billion Accounting ‘Error’ as House Panel Demands Accountability
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Nov. 29, 2022. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
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The Pentagon is facing calls for accountability from House lawmakers over a multibillion-dollar accounting error relating to military aid to Ukraine.

“Our committee is alarmed by the Pentagon’s financial management practices, particularly regarding the recent overestimation in the value of weapons sent to Ukraine by $6.2 billion,” the Republican-led House Oversight Committee said in a statement on July 7.
Tom Ozimek
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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