WASHINGTON—Senate lawmakers revealed that the Pentagon is spending almost $1 billion on an internal audit, in hopes of saving an additional $46 billion in unnecessary spending over the next five years. A whopping 12,000 auditors have been deployed by the Pentagon for the sole purpose of identifying places in the U.S. military where spending could be cut without hurting its warfighting capabilities.
Secretary of Defense James Mattis had promised the Senate during his confirmation hearing in January 2017 that there would be an extensive audit of the department. That audit is happening right now, according to Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee.
