Congress wants hearing on Pentagon wasteful spending charges
By Kristina Wong - 12/06/16 06:09 PM EST
Lawmakers on Tuesday called for a hearing on a Pentagon study that found as much as $150 billion in wasteful back-office spending.
The lawmakers also called for the full report, which The Washington Post reported on Tuesday had been withheld by Pentagon officials, to be made public.
“I think we should have a hearing about that and find out what happened,” Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said Tuesday.
Sen. Claire McCaskilll (D-Mo.), who is expected to be the ranking member of a Senate oversight committee, called for an investigation.
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