Pentagon uses budgetary strength of hand to evade spending caps , says William Cohen . We should n't let the Pentagon use the conflict in Iraq and Syria to continue entrenched patterns of wasteful spending that add nothing to our national security . Levels of transparency of the war budget have been astonishing , Hartung says . Congress has responsibility to make us spend every dollar of it , he says .
Pentagon uses budgetary strength of hand to evade spending caps , says William Cohen . Levels of transparency of the war budget have been astonishing , Hartung says . Congress has responsibility to make us spend every dollar of it , he says .