Investigators review VA credit charges

Source: AP

WASHINGTON - Veterans Affairs employees last year racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in government credit-card bills at casino and luxury hotels, movie theaters and high-end retailers such as Sharper Image and Franklin Covey — and government auditors are investigating, citing past spending abuses.

All told, VA staff charged $2.6 billion to their government credit cards.

The Associated Press, through a Freedom of Information request, obtained the VA list of 3.1 million purchases made in the 2007 budget year. The list offers a detailed look into the everyday spending at the government's second largest department.

By and large, it reveals few outward signs of questionable spending, with hundreds of purchases at prosthetic, orthopedic and other medical supply stores.

But there are multiple charges that have caught the eye of government investigators.



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screwing our honorable US veterans. As usual.

That's what you get with an AWOL wanker as "Commander-in-Chief" with a VP Clown named Cheney with Five Freaking Military Deferments.

Why do republicons so consistently cheat our veterans?

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it appears hate and lack of education has clouded your judgment. Re-read your post. Are you even aware of how stupid you sound? Crying "those nasty black people are stealing the VA blind" The real fucking welfare queens in this country are the high level gov't employees and corporations. Why don't you place your anger where it belongs, with the bush administration?

By the way.. low life is two words and you spelled it wrong too.

"I'm very concerned about frivolous, wasteful spending at the VA," said Paul Sullivan, executive director of Veterans for Common Sense. "With hundreds of thousands of veterans homeless, VA employees don't need to be staying at ritzy-glitzy high-priced hotels, possibly gambling with taxpayers' money."

to the "private sector"-the archived link below is just one example

"Logistics Health Inc./LHI: A DU collaborative investigation thread" (10-29-2007)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x2158103