Pentagon Destroys $1bln in Ammo, Buy $180mln in New Balances

Andrew Anglin

Daily Stormer

April 28, 2014

Two stories today about the Pentagons use of funds.

USA Today:

The Pentagon plans to destroy more than $1 billion worth of ammunition although some of those bullets and missiles could still be used by troops, according to the Pentagon and congressional sources. It’s impossible to know what portion of the arsenal slated for destruction — valued at $1.2 billion by the Pentagon — remains viable because the Defense Department’s inventory systems can’t share data effectively, according to a Government Accountability Office report obtained by USA TODAY. The result: potential waste of unknown value.

AP:

Massachusetts-based New Balance could get a boost worth tens of millions of dollars with a new Pentagon policy providing military recruits with U.S.-made sneakers. Matt LeBretton, the company’s spokesman, says New Balance is one of the few companies that makes a shoe meeting all federal requirements. The company manufactures shoes in Lawrence, Boston and Maine. Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine Fox announced Friday that the Department of Defense will provide military recruits with American-made footwear, rather than giving stipends to buy shoes.

The bill since 2002 is at about a quarter of a billion.

Could they not have sold the ammo to buy the shoes? Or perhaps traded the ammo for shoes directly?

How is our government this irresponsible?