Audit Quote by Tom Coburn

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself…

— Rachel Maddow

What chiefly governs the [U.S.] military budget is the need to spend enormous sums of money in a useless way. The allegedly powerful Pentagon…

— Walter Karp

The Pentagon needs precious resources to build the strength of America, and we can't say, 'this is really important to this community, and it's…

— John Kasich

The agency that is so strict on the way Americans keep their books cannot even pass a financial audit.

— Theodore Stevens

The most important thing you need to know about the Pentagon is that it is not in charge of today's wars but rather tomorrow's…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

“One of its analysts was Daniel Ellsberg, who at the time was back in the States compiling the report that—after he leaked it to…

— Mark Bowden

The Pentagon today will not allow any of these people who work for the Pentagon, to talk to the media. They have gagged them…

— Curt Weldon

In the Pentagon Papers case, the government asserted in the Supreme Court that the publication of the material was a threat to national security.…

— Alan Dershowitz

“These people, last seen referring to themselves as the ‘Pentagon,’ could be anywhere and anyone,” the reporter said, looking behind her shoulder and seeming…

— Maya Bode

The way the Pentagon and its defenders have pushed back against this story is to say: "They weren't doing psychological operations, they were doing…

— Michael Hastings

I'm talking to people all of the time. So it hasn't really had a big impact. Access is never my main concern anyway. If…

— Michael Hastings

The Pentagon as a legitimate target? I actually don't have an opinion on that and it's important I not have an opinion on that…

— David Westin