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28 January 2006, 20:05

I agree - need sources. (Also, the possessive of ’it’ is ’its’, not ’it’s’).

Also, remember the forgotten news that day: Rumsfeld reveals missing $2.6 TRILLION. "As you know, the Department of Defense really is not in charge of its civilian workforce, in a certain sense. It’s the OPM, or Office of Personnel management, I guess. There are all kinds of long- standing rules and regulations about what you can do and what you can’t do. I know Dr. Zakheim’s been trying to hire CPAs because the financial systems of the department are so snarled up that we can’t account for some $2.6 trillion in transactions that exist." ...

REP. LEWIS: Thank you, Mr. Moran.

Mr. Secretary, the first time and the last time that Dov Zackheim and I broke bread together, he told me he would have a handle on that 2.6 trillion by now. (Laughter.) But we’ll discuss that a little —

SEC. RUMSFELD: He’s got a handle; it’s just a little hot. (Laughter.)

Ha ha. Ha ha. What’s a few trillion dollars among friends?