The Pentagon

The headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense in Arlington, Virginia, commonly used metonymically to refer to the U.S. military establishment and its leadership, budget, procurement practices, and policy decisions.

Claims that use this term

• The Pentagon spent roughly $385 billion on overseas contractor work from 2001 to 2013
• The Pentagon spent $67.4 million on Honduran military contracts in 2012.
• The Pentagon achieved measurable environmental reductions on bases beginning in 1989.
• The Pentagon is the only federal agency that cannot pass a financial audit
• The Pentagon kept contracting with a criminally indicted supplier via suspension overrides.
• The Pentagon routinely violates the law requiring cash settlements for returned bases