Pentagon Likely A ‘Few More Years’ Away From Clean Financial Opinion, DoD Comptroller Nominee Says

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President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the Pentagon’s next comptroller said Tuesday it willlikely be “a few more years” before the department’s financial audit receives a clean opinion,adding he will focus on information access and control measures that could help reduce areas ofwasteful spending.Michael McCord, who previously held the same role during the Obama administration, told theSenate Armed Services Committee (SASC) that progress on the financial audit won’t solve thefull swath of the department’s management challenges but can act as a catalyst for institutingimproved business reforms.