U.S. Troop Funds Diverted To Pet Projects

From Washington Times:

Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition.

Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.

Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.

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My Comment: Why should we be surprise .... this is so typical of Washington. After all ... we are the ones who vote in these turkeys.