Procuring Failure

Why did Donald Rumsfeld fail at military acquisitions reform? The same reasons he failed at everything.

By Ben Adler | March 21, 2007

The president's budget proposal for this year increases the Department of Defense allocation from $410.8 billion to $439.3 billion -- a 28.5 percent increase. Among the many things that might be said about that spike in funding, one is especially clear: it stands as yet one more symbol of Donald Rumsfeld's failure as defense secretary.

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This article was originally published in The American Prospect.