Skip to content

The Pentagon used taxpayer money meant for coronavirus masks and swabs to make jet engine parts and body armor

The Cares Act gave the Pentagon money to "prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus." But the Defense Department began reshaping how it would award the money.

The Pentagon, shown on Sept. 11.
The Pentagon, shown on Sept. 11.Read moreJ. Scott Applewhite / AP
    by Aaron Gregg and Yeganeh Torbati, Washington Post
    Published