Roanoke Times
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DATE: FRIDAY, March 9, 1990                   TAG: 9003091784
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A4   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: WASHINGTON                                LENGTH: Short

DINGELL SAYS PENTAGON HAS HIDDEN SLUSH FUNDS

"The existence of these slush funds in the military services is not responsible stewardship over the taxpayers' money," Rep. John Dingell, D-Mich., said in a four-page letter that described the accounts and charged that Pentagon officials misled Congress about the funds.

Dingell said money Congress appropriates must be obligated or spent during a specific time period or be returned to the U.S. Treasury's general fund. But for the military, he said, obligated funds that are not spent "are laundered through the U.S. Treasury and come back to the military services as no-year `M' accounts."