New details emerge on Hegseth's unusual mass gathering of top brass

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11. "end of the fiscal year"

When I was in the Air Force those were the words that told us to order whatever we wanted so that we could spend all the money allocated for that year. We were told that if we didn't spend every penny (and then some) that had been budgeted for this year they'd cut our budget for next year, since we obviously didn't need as much as they gave us.

Lots of money wasted at the end of each fiscal by every government department trying to show that they really needed all the money that had been budgeted.

Flying every general officer to DC to participate in something that could easily be done via Zoom is a massive waste of money and personnel resources (they aren't getting to DC by themselves - they'll need aircrews, ground transportation, lodging, etc.).