People claim it's a non partisan group that monitors government spending. How can it be non partisan when the Comptroller General was appointed by obama in 2010?
Gene L. Dodaro became the eighth Comptroller General of the United States and head of the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) on December 22, 2010, when he was confirmed by the United States Senate. He was nominated by President Obama in September of 2010 and had been serving as Acting Comptroller General since March of 2008.
U.S. GAO - Gene L. Dodaro's Biography