Waste Colloquy: Dr. Coburn Joins Sens McCain, Cornyn, and Flake on the Senate Floor

On why a bipartisan proposal to audit the Pentagon should be included in the bill: "The Pentagon's budget is near $600 billion, counting the extra money for overseas efforts today. Just by auditing the pentagon, the GAO estimates that the pentagon in itself will save $25 billion." On non-defense related spending at the Pentagon: "Over the next ten years, we're going to spend approximately $60 billion on things that have nothing to do with defense" On duplication at DoD: "The fact is we're not spending the money wisely. We're spending money that we don't have, and duplicating things that we're already spending money on."