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    Daily Mail: VA under fire after it is revealed they spent $20MILLION on high-end art in past 10 years while thousands of veterans died waiting to see doctors

    Jul 27, 2016

    The Veterans Affairs administration doled out $20million over the past 10 years to...

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    ABC Channel 9, WSOCTV- Charlotte, NC: VA Spends Millions on Artwork, Decorations

    Jul 27, 2016

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    WSOCTV: Report: VA spends millions on artwork, decorations

    Jul 27, 2016

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is spending millions of taxpayer dollars on artwork...

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    FOX News - VA spent $20M on art as ailing veterans languished, report finds

    Jul 27, 2016

    The Veterans Affairs administration spent $20 million on expensive artwork and sculptures...

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    MRCTV: VA Spent Millions On Artwork While Vets Died

    Jul 27, 2016

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    U.S. Senator Mark Kirk Oversight Letter to VA Secretary Robert McDonald regarding $20 Million of Artwork

    Jul 26, 2016

    VA Continues Excessive Spending on High-End Art Despite Claims That Department Is...

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    Newsmax - Report: VA Spent $20 Million on Art Amid Vet Care Scandal

    Jul 26, 2016

    A report has found the Veterans Affairs spent a wild $20 million on artwork in the...

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    The Daily Caller: Report: VA Spends $20 Million On Art Instead Of Hiring Doctors

    Jul 26, 2016

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    Washington Examiner: As Vets Died, VA Spent Millions On Art

    Jul 26, 2016

    Hundreds of veterans have died while waiting to get care from the Department of Veterans...

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    Washington Free Beacon: VA Spent $20 Million on Art Amidst Scandal

    Jul 26, 2016

    The Veterans Affairs administration spent $20 million on expensive artwork and sculptures...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Subscriber Special - The VA's Luxury Art Obsession

    Jul 26, 2016

    While veterans died; while suicide assistance calls went unanswered; while healthcare-claim...

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    'The VA's Luxury Art Obsession'

    Jul 26, 2016

    The VA created 40,000 new positions, but hired only 3,600 doctors (2012-2015) – the...

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    COX News Washington, D.C. Bureau ABC – Atlanta, VA Spends Money on High-End Art, While Veterans Wait for Appointments

    Jul 26, 2016

    Partnering with COX Media Washington, D.C. Bureau; ABC - affiliate WSB-Atlanta; and...

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  • Universal Journal Review: Adam Andrzejewski: It’s Not Disney World–The VA Scandal Two Years Later

    Jul 25, 2016

    Forbes – Two years ago, Americans were horrified to learn that as many as 1,000 of...

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    Fox 13: Green Ninja | $4.4 billion Fed PR Spending

    Jul 25, 2016

    OpenTheBooks.com found 4.4 billion federal dollars spent in PR spending for to promote...

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    Adam Andrzejewski

    Subscriber Special - Deadly Luxury at the VA

    Jul 22, 2016

    Sculptures than cost more than five-bedroom homes? Christmas trees that are the...

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