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Green Berets assigned to 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne) move to load onto a UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter for extraction during a training event near Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aug. 27, 2019. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Steven Lewis) ** FILE **

U.S. special operations forces need more standardization to cut noncombat accidents, GAO says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

An instrument for detecting radiation is seen on a map of the New York area during an exercise to intercept radioactive "dirty bombs" in waterways near New York, Thursday, April 7, 2011. Dirty bombs have long been feared as a potential weapon of terrorists because their main objective is to sow panic, confusion and anxiety by hurling radioactive dust and smoke into the atmosphere. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

GAO watchdogs want Congress to tell nuclear agency to beef up procedures to prevent ‘dirty bomb’

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

The Pentagon is seen from Air Force One as it flies over Washington, March 2, 2022. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) **FILE**

GAO watchdogs question rationale for more special operations planes for Pentagon

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

A bridge is damaged after Hurricane Fiona hit Villa Esperanza in Salinas, Puerto Rico, Sept. 21, 2022. Puerto Rico continues reconstruction work after two devastating hurricanes and a string of strong earthquakes, spending less than 10% of the more than $23 billion available in federal funds, according to a U.S. government report released on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Alejandro Granadillo, File)

Federal audit finds ‘a lot of work remains’ in Puerto Rico’s hurricane and earthquake recovery

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A woman looks at a dead whale that washed ashore in Brigantine, N.J. on Jan. 13, 2023. The U.S. Government Accountability Office on Thursday, June 15, 2023, agreed to look into the potential impacts of offshore wind energy development on the U.S. East Coast, fulfilling a long time demand from opponents of such projects. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Congressional watchdog agency to probe offshore wind impacts on infrastructure and vessel traffic

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

A police officer in Seaside Park N.J. rides a beach buggy near a dead whale on the beach on March 2, 2023. On Tuesday, March 28, Democratic U.S. senators from four states called upon the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to address a spate of whale deaths on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. The issue has rapidly become politicized, with mostly Republican lawmakers and their supporters blaming offshore wind farm preparation for the East Coast deaths despite assertions by NOAA and other federal and state agencies that the two are not related. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

Dem senators from 4 states ask NOAA to address whale deaths

By Wayne Parry - Associated Press

In this undated file photo, Afghan workers wait for an escort to leave Forward Operating Base Salerno at the end of a day's work. Hundreds of villagers near the base work there daily despite the danger of cooperating with the U.S.-led coalition. (Mary F. Calvert/The Washington Times) **FILE**

Pentagon faulted on protections for foreign workers

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Report: Military cleanup in Puerto Rico islands slow-going

By DÁNICA COTO - Associated Press

In this Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019, photo, U.S. Army troops place additional concertina wire to the border fence on a hillside above Nelson Street in downtown Nogales, Ariz. (Jonathan Clark/Nogales International via AP) ** FILE **

Southern border assistance mission has hurt military readiness, study finds

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2020 file photo, a flashing sign near the iconic &quot;Freedom Tower,&quot; advises people to fill out their census forms in downtown Miami. The U.S. Census Bureau said it won’t be delivering data used for redrawing state and local legislative districts until the end of September 2021. That will cause headaches for state lawmakers and redistricting commissions facing deadlines to redraw state legislative districts this year. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Watchdog agency says 2020 census is still on high-risk list

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

In this file photo a World War II veteran receives the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Veterans Affairs agency in Phoenix on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2020. A new report by the GAO found that infection prevention and control was a major problem at community centers operated by the VA, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. (Dexter Marquez/Veterans Affairs via AP)

Infections were a problem at VA nursing homes even before COVID-19, GAO report says

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

GAO makes new recommendations related to pandemic response

By MICHELLE CHAPMAN - Associated Press

Waste contract at Savannah River Site could be worth $21B

Associated Press

US companies seeking tariff relief faced red tape, delays

By PAUL WISEMAN - Associated Press

This October 2015 handout photo provided by the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, shows the shipyard base in Kittery, Maine. (Portsmouth Naval Shipyard via AP) **FILE**

Navy needs to address issues causing shipyard maintenance delays for subs, carriers: GAO

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

US public schools need major building repairs, report finds

By COLLIN BINKLEY - Associated Press

In this file photo, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Norman Long shops at the commissary at the Army's Charles E. Kelly Support Center in Oakdale, Pa., Aug. 2, 2005. (AP file photo) **FILE**

GAO: Pentagon should wait to consolidate PX and commissary systems into one agency

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

Census address work succeeded despite trouble hiring staff

By MIKE SCHNEIDER - Associated Press

In this April 14, 2017, photo, as crew members stand on the deck, the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford heads to the Norfolk, Va., naval station. Toilets on the USS Gerald R. Ford and USS George H.W. Bush carriers that have become repeatedly clogged could require treatments costing $400,000 each to get them working properly, a U.S. Government Accountability Office report found. (Bill Tiernan/The Virginian-Pilot via AP) **FILE**

Report: Navy ships need $400K ‘flushes’ to unclog toilets

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FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. According to a report released on Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, the Department of Defense is struggling to change how it handles the abuse of military kids, including cases involving sexual assault by other children. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Military still struggles to handle kid-on-kid sex assaults

By REESE DUNKLIN and JUSTIN PRITCHARD - Associated Press