Pentagon's Junk is Surplus Dealers' Treasure

The Pentagon's apparently got a lot of extra stuff. It's junking hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of gear, including combat boots, helmets, vests and aircraft parts, the Associated Press reports. That's drawn the ire of military surplus dealers, who say they'd be happy to buy some of the junk the Defense Department is throwing on the scrap heap -- and sell it back to the military services later if it turns out they actually need the stuff.