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Aug 27, 2012
| HUMAN EVENTS
Embattled Veterans Affairs spends $52,000 for joke videos
It turns out the General Services Administration isn’t the only government agency throwing opulent events on the taxpayer’s dime.
Aug 27, 2012
| EXAMINER
Watchdog: Issa demands answers from VA on 'Patton' parody
Gen. George Patton probably would not be pleased with a parody video paid for with tax dollars by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). But there is no doubt about where U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa stands on it.
Aug 27, 2012
| REUTERS
US Congress questions $5 million Veterans Affairs conferences
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs spent about $5 million for conferences that are drawing scrutiny from Congress and the agency's internal watchdog amid concern about potentially lavish government conferences and improper gifts to planners.
Aug 27, 2012
| ORLANDO SENTINEL
Investigation probes VA expenses at Orlando conferences
Did the Department of Veterans Affairs overspend — and waste taxpayer dollars — last summer when it paid $5 million for two training conferences in Orlando, Fla.?
Aug 27, 2012
| ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
House panel releases VA conference videos
A U.S. House committee has released a video spoof on the movie "Patton" produced for a pair of VA conferences held last year in Orlando - the cost to taxpayers of the video was about $52,000.
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