Military Draws Fire from GOP Lawmakers over Its Clean Energy Programs

As election-year politics ramp up and Republicans target the Obama administration for its clean energy programs, the military's attempts to move to alternative energy are coming under new scrutiny.

At a budget hearing last week, Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, the department's most high-profile alternative energy advocate, took volley after volley from Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee.

Pentagon officials flatly deny the allegations that the administration is using DOD as a more politically palatable vehicle for renewable energy investments.