Why isn't Congress asking tough questions about Pentagon spending? - Slate

Adjusting for inflation, the Pentagon budget is larger than at the peak of the Cold War
—in fact, larger than any budget since the Korean War. Again, this is true, apart from the money allocated for the current wars.Shouldn’t some legislators be asking about the ways the Pentagon is spending so much money and whether all those ways are necessary?

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