Thus far in the history of the United States there been three Presidential impeachment proceedings -- in 1868 against President Andrew Johnson for his removal of Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in violation of the Tenure of Office Act - 1974 against President Richard Richard Nixon for the Watergate coverup ( 106 years after Johnson ) - 1998-99 ...
Sopko says the Afghans are still having trouble managing the money the U.S. sends to the country. The U.S. has spent $110 billion on Afghanistan's reconstruction since 2002. John Sopko, whose job is to watch over U.S. government spending in Afghanistan, says it's not his job to be a cheerleader â it's to speak truth to power.
Not including war costs, the Pentagon spends roughly five times as much as Chinaâs $114.3 billion (2010) and ten times as much as Russiaâs $52.6 billion (2010), according to the SIPRI Military database. In Europe, aggregate defense spending has dropped to less than half that of the United States.