DoD wasted millions helping DHS increase immigration detection capacity
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DoD wasted millions helping DHS increase immigration detection capacity

B2Upper-intermediateOctober 6, 20267 min
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The Defense Department wasted millions of dollars helping the Department of Homeland Security increase immigration detention capacity at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. A government watchdog found that DoD spent $2.85 million assembling tents for an initial capacity of 5,000 beds. Those tents, however, were never used, because DHS later determined that they did not meet detention standards. The Army also wasted millions of dollars on meals at Camp East Montana in Texas. Specifically, the Army did not incorporate flexibilities into the contract to account for occupancy levels below the maximum. Overall, the Defense Department obligated approximately $68 million for immigration detention. <p...

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This is a Federal News Network podcast. Coming up today on the Federal Newscast, DOD wasted millions on a Guantanamo Bay detention center. The Defense Logistics Agency has a new director.

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And the Navy says it's met one-third of its 2027 recruitment goals. These stories and more on today's Federal Newscast. Welcome to the Federal Musicast. I'm Michelle Sandiford. The Defense Department wasted millions of dollars helping the Department of Homeland

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Security increase immigration detention capacity at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay. A government Watchdog found that DOD spent $2.85 million assembling tents for an initial capacity of 5,000 beds. Those tents, however, were never used because DHS later determined that they did not meet

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