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Aug 27, 2012
| POLITICO
Hill probes lavish VA conferences
The Department of Veterans Affairs is under investigation for its conference expenditures, including a $52,000 video in which an actor dressed as Gen. George S. Patton implored VA employees to keep a “constant focus on the impact of their actions.”
Aug 27, 2012
| EXAMINER
Watchdog: VA's $52k 'Patton' video parody hits the air
A $52,000 parody of the opening sequence in the movie "Patton" commissioned by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and paid for with taxpayer dollars was released today by the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Aug 27, 2012
| FEDERAL TIMES
$52,000 video shown at VA conferences
The Veterans Affairs Department paid $52,000 to produce a video parodying the war movie “Patton” that was shown at two training conferences last year. The spending and contracting associated with the two conferences — which had a combined price tag of $5 million — are now subject of an inspector general’s investigation.
Aug 27, 2012
| FOX NEWS
VA under investigation over $5M conferences featuring 'Patton' parody
On the heels of the GSA spending scandal in Vegas, employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs are now under investigation over a pair of Orlando conferences that ran $5 million and featured a pricey video parody of the movie "Patton."
Aug 27, 2012
| STARS & STRIPIES
Pricey VA conferences included $52,000 'Patton' parody video
House Veterans Affairs Committee officials today posted online the $52,000 parody video of the movie “Patton” used at a pair of expensive, controversial Department of Veterans Affairs conventions in Florida last summer. The events – and their $5 million price tag – are under investigation by Congress and the department’s inspector general.
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