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He said he was bothered not only because the report exposed waste, but also that it serves as an example of a complacent mode of thinking.

The report is an indication of a frame of mind an attitude that can affect any of us at the Pentagon or across the Department of Defense showing how those of us entrusted with supporting and equipping troops on the battlefield, if we let down our guard, can lose focus on ensuring their safety and lethality against the enemy, Mr. Mattis wrote.

His memo was released before a House Armed Services Committee hearing scheduled for Tuesday, where the uniform issue was expected to be discussed.

In 2007, Abdul Rahim Wardak, who was then serving as Afghanistans minister of defense, discovered the camouflage pattern while browsing uniform styles online, the report said. The forest pattern he chose was created and owned by HyperStealth Biotechnology Corporation, a Canadian company that has designed camouflage for the militaries of Jordan, Chile and the United Arab Emirates. The new uniforms also included expensive details, like replacing buttons with zippers.

Cavalier or casually acquiescent decisions to spend taxpayer dollars in an ineffective and wasteful manner are not to recur, Mr. Mattis wrote.

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