Op-ed by William Hartung, includes “… Despite three attempts, the Department of Defense has never successfully outlined its total assets and liabilities. … In addition to creating inefficiencies by not having a complete inventory of its resources, the Defense Department’s inability to fully account for its assets raises a legal concern: the possibility of unauthorized impoundment. In government lingo, this isn’t the same as what happens to your illegally parked car — ‘impoundment’ refers to when the executive branch refuses to spend funds appropriated by Congress to be spent for specific purposes.”
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