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Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending
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Washington’s ‘Spring Break’ culture seen in conference spending

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Stonewalling by the Department of Veterans Affairs over its lavish spending on a pair of training conferences in Orlando, Fla., triggered a subpoena Tuesday from the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Feds indict former VA center director on money laundering charge

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A bipartisan group of lawmakers asked the Veterans Affairs Department to offer credit monitoring to veterans and dependents whose personal information, including birth dates and Social Security numbers, might have been disclosed when its computer systems were hacked. (Photo: THinkstock)
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Lawmakers seek credit monitoring for veterans

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250 employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs are paid full-time to work for unions, not for the taxpayer. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Columnists

Diana Furchtgott-Roth: Hundreds of VA employees working for union on taxpayers’ dime

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Two Republican senators pressed Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki, right, about the 188 employees who work on “official time” on behalf of unions. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
Beltway Confidential

Senators: VA pays 188 employees to work for unions, despite backlogs

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Hardly a week goes by without the news media picking up on a report concerning the vulnerability of U.S. information and infrastructure to attack through the Internet and other networked computer systems. (Photo: Thinkstock)
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UPDATED! Chinese, other nations hacked VA computers, officials can’t account for everything stolen

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New Mitch McConnell ad compares Obama to Nixon on IRS scandal
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New Mitch McConnell ad compares Obama to Nixon on IRS scandal

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Army Sgt. Jason Cartwright leans over to reward Isaac, a Labrador retriever, during training to reinforce Isaac's odor detection skills in preparation for the National Odor Recognition Test (NORT) on Wednesday, March 28, 2012, at Kansas City International Airport in Kansas City, Mo. The K9s also received specialized training to recognize peroxide-based explosives, commonly used in homemade explosives. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco Firearms and Explosives Kansas City Field Division conducted the three-day event, which concludes Thursday. (AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Jill Toyoshiba)
Columnists

James Jay Carafano: A dog’s life for veterans

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An American flag flies in front of the Atlanta VA Medical Center, Friday, May 24, 2013, in Atlanta. Four deaths at the Atlanta VA Medical Center are the latest in a series of problems plaguing the VA, prompting outrage from elected officials and congressional scrutiny of what is the largest integrated health care system in the country with nearly 300,000 employees. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
Politics

Deaths at Atlanta VA hospital prompt scrutiny

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Rep. Jeff Miller, R-Fla., chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, led a hearing into worries that the Department of Veterans Affairs is too focused on processing older disability claims and the expense of new ones. (Photo: Examiner file)
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Watchdog: House takes wait-and-see view of new VA claims backlog plan

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