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Oct 10, 2012
| WASHINGTON POST
Miller and Burr call for removal of VA chief of staff
The top Republicans on the House and Senate veterans affairs committees called for the removal of the Department of Veterans Affairs chief of staff Tuesday in the wake of an inspector general’s report last week sharply critical of VA spending at two training conferences last year.
Oct 10, 2012
| WASHINGTON EXAMINER
Watchdog: Hill leaders demand ouster of VA's chief of staff
Top Congressional Republicans demanded the ouster of the highest-ranking Veterans Affairs official implicated in the scandal over runaway conference spending
Oct 10, 2012
| MILITARY TIMES
Lawmakers: Fire VA chief who OK’d conferences
Two Republican lawmakers are calling for the dismissal of a senior Veterans Affairs Department administrator who approved conferences at which more than $760,000 in VA funds were spent on lavish extras such as a $49,516 parody video and promotional items totaling $112,823.
Oct 10, 2012
| ORLANDO SENTINEL
Congress: VA official should be sacked for wasteful Orlando conferences that featured ‘Patton’ video
Two top Republicans in Congress want the Obama administration to fire a high-ranking official with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for not doing more to prevent wasteful spending at two training conferences in Orlando that cost an estimated $6.1 million.
Oct 10, 2012
| MILITARY.COM
Lawmakers: Fire VA Chief of Staff Over Conferences
The chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee and ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee have called for the removal of the Department of Veterans Affairs chief of staff for leadership failures related to reckless spending on VA training programs.
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