The Pentagon audit is done, and it's a failure

Republicans and Democrats have for years fought about whether the Pentagon’s budget is too small, too big, or just right. And President Trump has made clear his intention to grow the Pentagon budget, although at times he has shown he recognizes there is a lot of waste at the Department of Defense.

However, the Pentagon’s recent announcement that it failed its first-ever audit should bring any growth plans to a screeching halt. The failure came 28 years after Congress passed a law mandating that all federal agencies be audited. In 2010, Congress gave the Pentagon an extra seven years to do the audit.