inspector general
noun
: a person who heads an inspectorate or a system of inspection (as of an army)
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Just hours before the vote, Sen. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) sent a letter to the Justice Department’s acting inspector general, William Blier, urging an investigation into allegations that Bove once suggested ignoring court orders related to immigration enforcement.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2025
Those figures bring the total cost of an Artemis mission using SLS and Orion to more than $4 billion, according to NASA's inspector general.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
Powell has asked the independent inspector general that oversees the Fed to review the construction project for a second time.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 July 2025
Now, the Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Hegseth’s Signal account were taken from a US Central Command document that was marked classified at the time, two people familiar with the ongoing review said.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 30 July 2025
Those figures bring the total cost of an Artemis mission using SLS and Orion to more than $4 billion, according to NASA's inspector general.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 25 July 2025
Powell has asked the independent inspector general that oversees the Fed to review the construction project for a second time.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 25 July 2025
Now, the Pentagon’s inspector general has received evidence that the military plans shared from Hegseth’s Signal account were taken from a US Central Command document that was marked classified at the time, two people familiar with the ongoing review said.
—Jade Walker, CNN Money, 24 July 2025
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