Coburn then provided some teasers out of the 100 examples in his "Wastebook":The Popular Romance Project has received nearly $1 million from the National Endowment of the Humanities (NEH) since 2010 to “explore the fascinating, often contradictory origins and influences of popular romance as told in novels, films, comics, advice books, songs and internet fan fiction....
The military has destroyed more than 170 million pounds worth of useable vehicles and other military equipment [in Afghanistan] ... rather than sell it or ship it back home....
In January, 2013, Congress passed a bill to provide $60.4 billion for [victims of] Hurricane Sandy. However, instead of rushing aid to the people who need it most, state-level officials ... spent [$65 million of it] on tourism-related TV ads....
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