June 12, 2007

Duncan Hunter's Earmarks

Keep in mind that this guy is running for president. Danger Room features a post on an investigation into one of Duncan Hunter's pet projects.

In military-industrial circles, former House Armed Services Committee chairman (and long-shot Presidential candidate) Duncan Hunter is well-known as a guy who makes damn sure that his pet projects get healthy heaps of federal bucks -- whether the Pentagon wants 'em, nor not. Some of these efforts are pretty cool, like the tricked-out, ultra-fast catamaran that the Navy is now using for humanitarian and counter-narcotics missions. Others are considerably, um, less impressive ...

The military absolutely hates the thing, as this House Science Committee report reveals. But, year after year, ol' Duncan has kept earmarking major funds for the plane (this year, he asked for $6 million) -- while the plane's designer stuffed the Congressman's campaign coffers.

Follow the link to more details.

Posted by armand at June 12, 2007 04:38 PM | TrackBack | Posted to Corruption | Military Affairs | Politics


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