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A view of the Pentagon building last year. New legislation, the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021, would require any component of the Defense Department that fails to pass a clean audit to forfeit 1% of its budget back to the Treasury, to be applied against the federal deficit. The bill is being introduced Wednesday.
Carlos Barria/Reuters
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Carlos Barria/Reuters
