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Veteran Affairs spends over $6 million at conference

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    Doug McKelway reports from Washington, D.C.

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All right let's go to this -- for you a top Obama appointee is out of a job today.

Ahead of a report blasting his agency's six million dollar conference tab.

Here we -- again looks like that including this 50000 dollar video spoof of a Hollywood classic I.

One of the worst mistake you can make and -- carrying out your mission is getting the idea in your head that stability is a virtue.

Stability is not a virtue it's a trap.

It means you're holding your overall your standings -- Although I sing -- ratings aside.

-- Kelly joins us now live from Washington so does.

We're hearing that that mountain which was -- that you know sort of rally the troops within the agency costs 52000.

Dollars to make.

52000 dollars Martha for a -- that anybody with go pro high Def camera and a Mac laptop could put together for a fraction of the cost.

But that film itself amounted to only a small portion of what the Orlando conference costs the VA and taxpayers.

Taxpayers shelled out five million dollars for that conference last year.

That's more than five times the amount of money spent on that General Services Administration.

Notorious conference in Las Vegas that caused so much outrage on Capitol Hill.

A day before the inspector general's release of that damning report.

The VA's top human resource manager assistant secretary John -- -- resigned.

In a statement he said quote I resigned because I did not want to be a distraction for the administration.

But the secretary -- psyche and the VA especially as they continue to work each day to address the urgent needs of our nation's veterans.

-- OIG is also investigating allegations that eleven VA employees who helped organize that Orlando conference.

Illegally accepted gifts such as helicopter and stretch limo rise hotel rooms food alcohol concert tickets spot treatments.

And get back missed baskets department.

I mean you know it's unbelievable -- you would've but given the story that you reference before.

The GSA story in the famous shot of him in the back -- with a two glasses a wine that these agencies would have a tough time signing off on these Jackson is plans in the somebody there would be saying.

We can't do this for gonna get there completely what what -- you -- that it well.

You know certainly appears obvious sense of entitlement about among too many of the government workers it has.

The VA.

Has in the -- -- now remove all purchasing authority.

From all people who are now under investigation it is also ordered an outside review of training policies and all trading conference's.

In a statement the VA said allegations of misconduct received by the VA officer of inspector general regarding to training -- -- -- -- eleven are on acceptable.

-- -- that -- -- he plans to hold accountable anybody.

Who misuse taxpayer dollars were violated our standards of conduct that the house veterans affairs committee and also the house oversight committee.

Are also investigating so this is not over yet by any stretch of the imagination.

And that that I think the tip of the iceberg and now it appears that perhaps perhaps it was -- -- that thank you very much -- and Vegas right actually hot.

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