Looking to cut Pentagon costs? Start here, watchdog says

The Pentagon reduced waste, abuse, and mismanagement in most “high-risk” areas over the past two years, but is losing ground in weapons acquisition, the Government Accountability Office said in a recent report.The latest edition of the biennial “High-Risk Series” arrives as the Trump administration is working to shift 8 percent of the 2026 defense spending plan to new priorities, fire up to 61,000 department civilian workers, and pass a department-wide audit.“The go