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In the discussion thread: Why isn't everyone MAD AS HELL that they are NOT AUDITING THE PENTAGON? (Update: Now With Petition) [View all]

Response to Agschmid (Reply #63)

Wed Jan 23, 2013, 01:56 PM

think (2,439 posts)

65. Rummy made the statement regarding the $2.3 trillion that is unaccounted for:

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the day before 9/11.

(Edit: It was pointed out to me that the OP posted that it was tied to 9/11 and the Pentagon events that day. I am not aware of any validity to these ties. I only meant to confirm the figure Rummy stated and when it was stated.)

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87 replies	Author	Time	Post
Why isn't everyone MAD AS HELL that they are NOT AUDITING THE PENTAGON? (Update: Now With Petition) [View all]	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	OP
K&R	LiberalEsto	Jan 2013	#1
Small Wonder	robertogt	Jan 2013	#59
CT or real?	Agschmid	Jan 2013	#63
Rummy made the statement regarding the $2.3 trillion that is unaccounted for:	think	Jan 2013	#65
thanks. n/t	Agschmid	Jan 2013	#67
Very not real	zappaman	Jan 2013	#74
My bad.	think	Jan 2013	#77
Could one get 100,000 signatures for a White House petition to demand	think	Jan 2013	#2
that is a great idea!	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#5
I checked before posting hoping one had already been started	think	Jan 2013	#6
How about "Conduct a complete fiscal audit of all Military and DHS Spending."	Scuba	Jan 2013	#8
Spot on	think	Jan 2013	#9
awesome! Great idea!!	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#12
It only makes sense fiscally and morally for the Pentagon & DHS	think	Jan 2013	#13
Here is a petition posted here in Dec:	think	Jan 2013	#21
that one is pretty good, but I have the feeling that yours will be even better	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#32
Scuba started a petition:	think	Jan 2013	#38
I just posted this on my favorite conservative forum	Victor_c3	Jan 2013	#55
yes, why wouldn't every Republican be screaming loudly about this?	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#72
Dude. Just say "Audit the Pentagon" and give the Huffpo link.	merrily	Jan 2013	#44
FIND THE MONEY	Angry Dragon	Jan 2013	#3
We can be all kinds of mad, but we can't do much about it. The article states that the earliest	TwilightGardener	Jan 2013	#4
why? That is unacceptable. I highly doubt the government would accept that from taxpayers	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#14
I have no idea who is (or has been) in charge of the DoD's accounting and book-keeping.	TwilightGardener	Jan 2013	#20
video 2001, apparently CBS did their job at the time, the person who did care about missing money	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#24
Terrible.	topcat007	Jan 2013	#7
You are correct that it should be audited but I wonder when the last time was that it happened?	jwirr	Jan 2013	#10
They depend heavily on outside contracters	HipChick	Jan 2013	#11
And in the meantime . . .	Brigid	Jan 2013	#15
+1000000	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#17
It's a secret	Demo_Chris	Jan 2013	#16
SUPPORT OUR DEFENSE CONTRACTORS!	hay rick	Jan 2013	#18
LOL!	merrily	Jan 2013	#45
Because on Sept 10, 2001	hootinholler	Jan 2013	#19
A trillion here. A trillion there. What's the problem?	think	Jan 2013	#22
Just another day in the MIC. nt	valerief	Jan 2013	#40
The average citizen is screwed. Beyond screwed.	bigwillq	Jan 2013	#23
Rep. DeFazio is a critic of the Pentagon's lack of accountability.	hay rick	Jan 2013	#25
K & R. Dead on. nt	Hun Joro	Jan 2013	#26
How do we know this isn't symptomatic of the entire Federal Government?	dkf	Jan 2013	#27
You are probably correct in your surmise	think	Jan 2013	#35
It probably is, but Defense gets the big bucks.	merrily	Jan 2013	#46
K&R!	G_j	Jan 2013	#28
Link to WH petition: "Conduct a complete fiscal audit of all Military and DHS Spending."	Scuba	Jan 2013	#29
Signed it. Thanks for getting the ball rolling Scuba. /nt	think	Jan 2013	#39
We also serve, who only sit and type.	Scuba	Jan 2013	#49
Signed. nt	hay rick	Jan 2013	#41
I'm #13.	Brigid	Jan 2013	#50
Signer #16....done. nt.	OldDem2012	Jan 2013	#51
Signed it	2naSalit	Jan 2013	#66
No accountability = Taxation without representation. I'll gladly sign.	DogPawsBiscuitsNGrav	Jan 2013	#30
Impose a windfall tax	JEB	Jan 2013	#31
Smedley Butler suggested 100% tax on war profiteers during war, set price for commodities during war	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#33
Love me some Smedley Butler.	Brigid	Jan 2013	#47
+1,000	Scuba	Jan 2013	#53
It'd be extremely patriotic of the military industry corporations to do this too!	think	Jan 2013	#54
yes	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#75
Another institution that is "too big to fail".	former9thward	Jan 2013	#34
Because beating one's head against a brick wall...	99Forever	Jan 2013	#36
parasitic infestations, layers of them.	patrice	Jan 2013	#37
but... but... but.... haven't you heard the latest NEEOOOzzzzz uhbout TE'O???	Amonester	Jan 2013	#42
Next, you'll want them to reduce the military bases in the red states!	dmosh42	Jan 2013	#43
K&R	JDPriestly	Jan 2013	#48
I'm with you, Fight2Win...	Aldo Leopold	Jan 2013	#52
HUGE K&R	avaistheone1	Jan 2013	#56
Only 20 more signatures required for the petition to reach 100,000.	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#57
20 signed. 99,980 to go. /nt	think	Jan 2013	#60
Not 20, 99,977	dreamnightwind	Jan 2013	#68
Oops.	Egalitarian Thug	Jan 2013	#70
Too big to fail!	Frustratedlady	Jan 2013	#58
Over Cheney's Dead Body	Blue Owl	Jan 2013	#61
Could somebody please check his pulse.....	think	Jan 2013	#62
We The People have lost our Democracy is why.	PufPuf23	Jan 2013	#64
Yep, we are played like fools.	woo me with science	Jan 2013	#76
24 signatures as of 3:13 pm.	Brigid	Jan 2013	#69
Cost-plus, no-bid contracts?	duhneece	Jan 2013	#71
+100000	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#73
signed	RedCappedBandit	Jan 2013	#78
kick	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#79
The Audit Agencies have shrunk dramatically.	cpamomfromtexas	Jan 2013	#80
A 50% cut will get us to PRE 9-11 levels.	grahamhgreen	Jan 2013	#81
kick	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#82
Kick	woo me with science	Jan 2013	#83
Only 36 signatures as of 7 pm today.	Brigid	Jan 2013	#84
we should not listen to one more Republican complain about the debt	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#85
signed and kicked	okaawhatever	Jan 2013	#86
Can we make Boehner answer to this? Limbaugh, Glenn Beck,Oreily??	Fight2Win	Jan 2013	#87

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