In a memo, obtained by Breitbart, to the Department of Defense after it had failed the first-ever, department-wide audit, Secretary of Defense James Mattis told his employees this is more than fiscal responsibility, but it is also about maintaining the trust of Congress and the American people.
"This audit is about more than financial management. It is about ensuring our military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world, across the battlefields of today and tomorrow," Mattis wrote.
"Together we must uphold the trust Congress and the American people have placed in us as honorable stewards of their hard-earned tax dollars. Embrace the findings, fix the problems," he instructed.
During a press gaggle with reporters on Thursday, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said they did not expect to pass the audit.
"So first is, we never thought we were going to pass an audit, right? Everybody was betting against us, that we wouldn't even do the audit," he said.
What we've been doing since early on in the audit is we've been getting preliminary findings, OK? And and the real work we've been doing is let's not count the findings. We need to put corrective action. We need to develop the plans to address the findings, and actually, put corrective actions in place."
"The department started the audit in December 2017 in order to find problems and fix them. DOD is committed to fixing these issues and continuing to improve the ability to defend the nation while being good stewards of the taxpayers' money," they added.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2018/11/17/mattis-to-dod-after-it-failed-audit-embrace-the-findings-fix-the-problems-n2536136
"This audit is about more than financial management. It is about ensuring our military remains the most lethal fighting force in the world, across the battlefields of today and tomorrow," Mattis wrote.
"Together we must uphold the trust Congress and the American people have placed in us as honorable stewards of their hard-earned tax dollars. Embrace the findings, fix the problems," he instructed.
During a press gaggle with reporters on Thursday, Deputy Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan said they did not expect to pass the audit.
"So first is, we never thought we were going to pass an audit, right? Everybody was betting against us, that we wouldn't even do the audit," he said.
What we've been doing since early on in the audit is we've been getting preliminary findings, OK? And and the real work we've been doing is let's not count the findings. We need to put corrective action. We need to develop the plans to address the findings, and actually, put corrective actions in place."
"The department started the audit in December 2017 in order to find problems and fix them. DOD is committed to fixing these issues and continuing to improve the ability to defend the nation while being good stewards of the taxpayers' money," they added.
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2018/11/17/mattis-to-dod-after-it-failed-audit-embrace-the-findings-fix-the-problems-n2536136
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