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On the recordJuly 9, 2013
So until some sort of centralized management or process is established at DOD, knowing that that is not there, how is DOD doing with regard to cutting waste and fraud by reducing the amount of improper payments, even if it is very decentralized in how they are going after it?
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Tammy Duckworth
Democratic · Illinois

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Duckworth questions DOD's ability to manage waste without centralized processes.

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