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Re:Pentagon Spent $5 Billion on Weapons on the Eve of the Sh... by squidfood on Wednesday October 02, 2013 @08:31AM (#6481997)
A lot of it is paperwork and bureaucracy making a false perception. Purchasers make requests to procurement all summer. Procurement backs up, then pulls massive OT in the last few days to get it out the door.

Part of it is also "parking" in contracts. What's shown as "spending" isn't just stocking up on unneeded widgets for the sake of spending, but committing to contracts that will use it over the next couple years.

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