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2023-06-21 08:23:12 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 65F687F3F0BE41BB456A883BA989742AB6F9566B731F7526D2F0E850C1B7F1DC
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The Pentagon stated that the value of weapons sent to Ukraine was overvalued by $2.6 billion. They did not say they sent $2.6 billion more than authorized. The accounting error resulted from using replacement cost to value the goods rather than using net book value. https://apnews.com/article/ukraine-russia-war-weapons-surplus-funding-72eeb6119439146f1939d5b1973a44ef https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pentagon-accounting-error-overestimates-value-weapons-sent-ukraine-6-2-billion
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