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An Open Letter

To: Sen. Cotton, Sen. Boozman, Rep. Womack

From: A constituent in Alpena, AR

March 15

War? What For? Who is profiting? Always for the profitable of the greedy and WE know this. This however is disgusting; Pur tax dollars at work under the Trump administration. According to a March 2026 report from the government watchdog group “Open the Books” the Pentagon under Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth spent millions of dollars on luxury crab and lobster during a "use-it-or-lose-it" spending spree in September 2025. The Daily Beast Based on the reports, the expenditures included: $2 million on Alaskan king crab. $6.9 million on lobster tail. Over $15 million on ribeye steak. The New RepublicThe New Republic +1 The watchdog analysis found that Hegseth's Department of Defense (DOD) spent over $93 billion in September 2025, which included other high-end purchases such as $124,000 on ice cream machines and roughly $100,000 on a Steinway & Sons piano.

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