The Washington Times reports:
Senators diverted $2.6 billion in funds in a defense spending bill to pet projects largely at the expense of accounts that pay for fuel, ammunition and training for U.S. troops, including those fighting wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to an analysis.
Among the 778 such projects, known as earmarks, packed into the bill: $25 million for a new World War II museum at the University of New Orleans and $20 million to launch an educational institute named after the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, Massachusetts Democrat.
(Via the Corner.)
Remember a few years ago when the left was crying crocodile tears about how the military was being denied the body armor and up-armored Humvees they needed? Those voices are strangely silent now. One might get the impression that their concern for the military was all just a show.
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