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"U.S Troop Funds Diverted by Senators" Washington Times

Posted by Gabrielle Cusumano on Thursday, October 15, 2009 5:11:41 PM
Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition. Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis. 

U.S. troop funds diverted to pet projects
Study finds $2.6 billion taken from guns and ammunition  http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/troop-funds-diverted-to-pet-projects/

Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat....  http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/15/troop-funds-diverted-to-pet-projects/

(Senators Inouye, John Kerry, Mary L. Landrieu, David Vitter, Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins and projects all on page 2.) Coburn tried to stop this.
 
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