"no recollection of outrageous government waste would be complete without mention of the u.s. defense department’s embarrassing credit card abuse. according to fox news, some 36,000 dod employees “had defaulted on $623 million in official travel expenses charged to the government cards” as of november 2001, and bad debts which had to be written off by banks were reported to have been “growing at the rate of $1 million per month.” discovery of the eye-popping credit card abuse at the defense department triggered a flurry of congressional hearings, especially amidst allegations that high-ranking officials were turning a blind eye to egrigious charges by personal associates and friends."
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