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Navy nuclear engineer Steve Simoni predicted DOGE's impending audit will uncover 'all kinds of wasteful spending'
A former Department of Defense insider, Steve Simoni, says it's "no surprise" DOGE has set its sights on the Pentagon for its next bout of uncovering "waste, fraud and abuse," and predicted Monday that the Elon Musk-led group will uncover "all kinds of wasteful spending" in the process.
“It's actually sending shockwaves through the department right now," the Allen Control Systems CEO told FOX Business.
"When I was at the Department of Defense, we were spending $10,000 on HDMI cables that were ‘ruggedized’ when we could have purchased them for $20 or $30 at Best Buy… We need to get more efficient with our spending, because there's a massive threat of drones that are proliferating on the battlefield right now, and the new administration, Secretary [Pete] Hegeth knows this."
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Elon Musk's DOGE is sending 'shockwaves' through the Pentagon, ex-DOD insider says
Allen Control Systems CEO Steve Simoni said DOGE's impending DoD audit will uncover "all kinds of wasteful spending" amid the Pentagon's need to modernize to keep pace with China.
