Remember when Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld pulled an about face last year and decided to save the C-130J program from cancellation? The DOD Inspector General, in a recently released audit report, now says that the Air Force provided bum data upon which Rumsfeld based his decision, but—here’s the rub—the IG agrees with the Air Force that it provided data “based on the information that was available at the time.” No fault, no foul, right? The IG goes on to say that the Air Force “should not have entered into a contract that could cost almost as much to cancel as to complete.” Meanwhile, the Air Force already has renegotiated the “offensive” contract.
Iran and its proxy groups across the Middle East remain a threat to American troops in the region despite being weakened by conflicts on multiple fronts over the past few years, the nominee to run U.S. Central Command said June 24.