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    Department of Veterans Affairs taking heat for extravagant expenses

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Nobody told the VA the Department of Veterans Affairs that they couldn't spend five million dollars on human resources conferences in Orlando.

So they did and now we know how they spent some of that go to the tune of almost three million dollars just the first conference.

One point two million dollars went to participant travel.

Almost 300 K for an audio visual center over a hundred grand for staff travel more than 98000.

Dollars.

For coffee break refreshments and over 800 dollars.

For karaoke night one expense not with there with 52000.

Dollars for parity of the movie.

-- and it's worth pointing out that last September there was a follow up to this conference that cost another.

2.4 million dollars and congressman Jason shape it's who sits on the house oversight committee says it's not fair these folks get to spend tax dollars so frivolously.

While some others who could really use the money.

Are left hanging we have nearly -- million veterans standing in line so to go spend millions of dollars just to get together.

-- but there are legitimate reasons to get together.

But -- you really need to go spend that amount of money on coffee and video production at the same time we got veterans went on line that that this dozens of and for their part the VA now says while the inspector general stated on August 13 that all indications are that the conferences were for legitimate training purposes.

This would not excuse misconduct or -- judgment that is alleged -- even a few.

Individuals.

It's worth noting that each of these two BA conferences cost over two million dollars while that -- has a conference that Las Vegas with the mind reader in the smoking clown in the hot -- we heard so much about the summer.

Only cost about 830000.

Dollars in Washington Peter Doocy Fox News.

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