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The Pentagon has fallen short passing its financial audit for the seventh consecutive year, while a lead official has said the department is showing progress on its goal to achieve a clean opinion by 2028. Mike McCord, the Pentagon’s comptroller, specifically cited the department’s incremental improvements in addressing “material weaknesses,” with several DoD entities closing or “downgrading” their fund balance with the Treasury Department and fully accounting for all funds. “This result was not a surprise and I know that…
