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Report questions costs of villas and mansions for top military brass

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' Marine Gen. John F. Kelly works in a fortress-like headquarters near the Miami airport. Starting this fall, he will live in Casa Sur, an elegant home with a pool and gardens on one of the area's swankiest streets ... The cost to taxpayers? $160,000 a year, plus $402,000 for renovations and security improvements now underway. Casa Sur is one of hundreds of high-end homes, villas and mansions where senior generals and admirals are billeted, according to a Pentagon report prepared for Congress last month but not publicly released.
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