Ukraine has provided the first “audit” of the US military

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US Department of Defense officials often face intense scrutiny from Congress, specifically because their agency has never been able to pass an audit. In 2022, the DoD had its fifth self-led audit in the department’s entire history, and 1,600 auditors couldn’t get it to account for roughly 60% of its $3.5 trillion in assets. The Ukrainian military has given the DoD an “audit in practice” by showing what it could do with a meager 3% of the US military budget, argued historian Timothy Snyder in a recent Substack podcast. If the US bumped up its commitment to 6%, Ukraine could...