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    Breitbart: Report: After Exposing VA’s $20M Art Spree, Watchdog Group Says Showcase Veterans’ Artwork

    Aug 02, 2016

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    CVA: #VAFAIL – Va Spends Millions On Artwork For Va Facilities

    Aug 02, 2016

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    News Busters: CBS, NBC Still Silent on Obama’s VA Spending $18 Million on Artwork

    Aug 02, 2016

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    Circa News - The VA spent more than $20 million on fancy art while veterans waited for care

    Aug 01, 2016

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    WandTV: I-TEAM Update: VA Art Purchases Were Made In Illinois

    Aug 01, 2016

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    Reason: The Department of Veterans Affairs Blew $1.2 Million on Decorative Rock Sculptures

    Aug 01, 2016

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    Washington Free Beacon: Ernst Amendment Would Have Eliminated VA Wasteful Spending on Art

    Aug 01, 2016

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    The Telegraph: Editorial: VA’s ambivalence, disrespect is the real crime

    Aug 01, 2016

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    Special Report With Bret Baier: Has the VA Improved Veterans Healthcare?

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    Martinsville Bulletin: Carlton: A real sickness that needs to be cured

    Jul 30, 2016

    They had no money, so the claim went. No money to man the suicide hotline, which...

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    Kiow: Ernst Calls on VA to Make Veterans Care a Priority, Not Art

    Jul 30, 2016

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    Breitbart: Report: Veterans Affairs Drops $20 million on Art Collection

    Jul 30, 2016

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    Jul 30, 2016

    The VA's costly art collection. Report: $20 Million spent over past decade

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