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Aug 8, 2013
| Orlando Sentinel
Vets deserve better than VA's practice of rewarding failure
The Department of Veterans Affairs has received a lot of negative attention lately for failing to adequately deliver the care and benefits America promised our veterans. In addition to the department’s massive disability-benefits backlog, a disturbing pattern of preventable veteran deaths and other patient-safety issues has emerged at VA hospitals around the country.
Nov 29, 2012
| GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
Hearing on Veterans Affairs conference spending turns combative
Veterans Affairs Department officials assured lawmakers during a hearing Wednesday that VA has taken measures to ensure it will not waste taxpayer dollars on lavish conferences such as two widely criticized human resources training events held in Orlando, Fla., in the summer of 2011. But the hearing turned contentious, with one Republican going as far as to say he “could care less about the bureaucrats” at VA.
Nov 29, 2012
| http://www.stripes.com/news/lawmakers-angry-over-elusive-va-spending-data-1.198652
Lawmakers angry over elusive VA spending data
The Department of Veterans Affairs spent nearly $87 million on training conferences last year. Maybe.
Nov 29, 2012
| FEDERAL TIMES
Panel chair raps VA officials over travel spending
“The truce is off,” the House Veterans Affairs’ Committee chairman declared Wednesday in an abrupt and explosive end to a hearing looking at VA spending on conferences and travel.
Nov 29, 2012
| MILITARY.COM
Congress Blasts VA, Declares 'Truce Is Over'
The chair of the House Veterans Affairs Committee blasted VA officials at the end of a contentious hearing Wednesday declaring the "truce is over" after the Congressional committee ripped VA leaders for more frivolous spending on VA "boondoogles."
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