But they say that flow of information is provided by the armed forces' sizable legislative affairs offices, where officers work in uniform and within the established chain of command. And then they reach out and get the Pentagon to foot the bill for a few extra bodies. Those bodies don't come cheap. And that's just the cost to the Pentagon. The total bill to the taxpayers also includes the cost of all those unneeded destroyers and Republican training manuals.
Lobbyists go to extraordinary lengths to gain access to lawmakers.
Well, that's exactly the same relationship between the Pentagon and the contractors themselves. Rats are quiet The Pentagon's Congressional temp service also damages the system of checks and balances that otherwise moderates Washington. But almost no one wants to rat out the military temps. Not the Pentagon, which stonewalled inquiries by then-Rep. Pat Schroeder for most of 1996.