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Exchange between @jonstewart and @DepSecDef Kathleen Hicks on the defense budget: "I can't figure out how $850 billion to a department means that the rank and file still have to be on food stamps. To me, that's fucking corruption."

Apr 8, 2023 · 1:48 PM UTC

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Jon Stuart is a national hero!
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Time to rethink institutional thinking. People that work in these positions can't think in terms of fundamental change. Just manage the broken pieces.
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But you defended $100+ billion to Ukraine
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oh, boy. she seems to be saying an audit is only concerned with material tracking. a financial audit focuses on $ tracking. this is a cover-up mentality
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Our leaders are smug and care nothing for the American people. PERIOD 🇺🇸
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Her attempt to make him look unqualified really conveyed how unserious *she* is. Less serious than the comedian! This is cloistered thinking at its finest (or is it "worst"?). I don't know if she just didn't bother to prepare, thought she could embarrass him, or what. But wow.
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"We need a pathway to get there", is code for 'this is standard operating procedure.'
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Your actions speak louder than your words
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How about the Space-X program? That is probably beyond Gazillions of dollars, and only the war, etc. budget is mentioned.
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Defensive much...pardon the pun!