Senator Warns of a ?Crisis? in Pentagon Cost Overruns

"?The Pentagon's major programs had ballooned $295 billion over initial budget estimates.? Big number are hard to get your head around, but the total (official) Defense budget is $439 billion, meaning that the overruns are almost as big as the actual budget (unofficially the budget is much larger). Where does the extra cash come from? Who knows (probably you). What will be done? Probably nothing, especially by ?an independent director of cost assessment.?"