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    KTVU-SF FOX: VA Defends Pricey Art

    Aug 16, 2016

    The VA's $1.2 million 'Cubed-Rock' Sculpture is NOT an example of "creating a healing...

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    The Daily Caller: Report: EXCLUSIVE: Feds Hide $25 Million In Payments To Lawyers Suing Under Environmental Laws

    Aug 15, 2016

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    Forbes - IRS Weapons And Ammunition Spending Is Unremarkable

    Aug 15, 2016

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    Generation Opportunity: The EPA Spends $92.4 Million On Office Furniture; $4,047 On A Single Chair

    Aug 15, 2016

    If you’re concerned about the back support on your desk chair, you might want to...

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    The Daily Caller: This Is How The VA’s ‘Extravagant’ Art Spending Once Helped A Veteran

    Aug 14, 2016

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    Oregon Catalyst: Lane County’s $23,487 wall to public records

    Aug 11, 2016

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    The New American: IG Report Finds Detroit VA Hospital Spent $300,000 on Never-used Televisions

    Aug 10, 2016

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    The News Gazette: Danville VA spokesman says facility's artwork 'modest'

    Aug 10, 2016

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    The Mercury: EDITORIAL: VA wastes money while veterans wait for services

    Aug 10, 2016

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    Pilot Tribune: Grassley seeks answers on why Department of Veterans Affairs spent $20 million on art

    Aug 09, 2016

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    The Daily Caller: Report: Budget-Crunched’ VA Has 167 Interior Designers On Staff

    Aug 08, 2016

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    Washington Free Beacon: VA Drops Millions on Delayed Solar Power Projects

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    Fox and Friends: The VA’s $20 Million Purchase of Artwork

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    East Bay Times: Editorial: Troubled VA spends million on artwork (East Bay Times)

    Aug 07, 2016

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    Kiow: Grassley Seeks Answers on Why Department of Veterans Affairs Spent $20 Million on Art

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    Myrtle Beach Online: Why does the IRS need so many guns as advocates try to take ours?

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