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Pentagon financial audits

The annual audits of the Defense Department’s books that Congress required, begun in 2018. The department has not yet received a clean opinion.

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U.S. Department of Defense has not passed any of the audits; the 2025 audit was its eighth Scholarship & press 1 2 3
U.S. Congress mandated the audits and set 2028 for a clean one Scholarship & press 1 2

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Pentagon fails its 8th audit in a row, Task & Purpose, 20 Dec 2025. Scholarship & press
The Department of Defense once again failed to pass its annual audit, the eighth time in as many years since Congress mandated a full accounting of the Pentagon’s expenses.
The Department of Defense began its audits in 2018, following a Congressional mandate.
Pentagon fails seventh audit in a row, Task & Purpose, 16 Nov 2024. Scholarship & press
The Department of Defense has not passed one of the mandatory audits since they were implemented in 2018.
The 2024 National Defense Authorization Act mandates that the Department of Defense must reach a clean audit by 2028.
Fact Check: Has the Pentagon failed its 7th audit in a row?, Econofact, 20 Dec 2024. Scholarship & press
None failed outright, but in fifteen there wasn’t enough information to come to a conclusion and in one, isolated, but not pervasive, errors were found.

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