{"id":32349,"date":"2012-10-11T11:54:03","date_gmt":"2012-10-11T15:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=32349"},"modified":"2012-10-11T12:13:09","modified_gmt":"2012-10-11T16:13:09","slug":"dva-wont-punish-gingrich","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=32349","title":{"rendered":"DVA won’t punish Gingrich"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Stars & Stripes<\/a> reports that the Department of Veterans’ Affairs won’t “further” punish Chief of Staff John Gingrich for his participation the recent scandal in which six million dollars were wasted on training conferences. By “further” punish, they mean not-at-all punish. It seems that Eric Shinseki merely scolded Gingrich for wasting the tax payers’ money.<\/p>\n

In a statement late Tuesday, the department said that \u201cMr. Gingrich\u2019s conduct has been addressed by the Secretary\u201d and that a further review of other employees\u2019 actions is underway. Gingrich received a mild rebuke from VA Secretary Eric Shinseki, who called Gingrich\u2019s oversight of the conferences \u201cinadequate.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In our first post on the subject<\/a>, I outlined some of the excessive and wasteful spending;<\/p>\n

Among the more egregious expenses were $50,000 for a conference video parodying the move \u201cPatton,\u201d $98,000 for promotional items such as tote bags and thumb drives, $37,000 for questionable travel expenses for VA employees and $43,000 in extra pay for staff running the events.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Like I said in the first place, Shinseki was acting like he was sorry that Gingrich and his minions got caught, and this proves it.<\/p>\n

In the Inspector General\u2019s report, Gingrich accepted partial blame, saying he approved the conferences and should have better investigated the conduct of employees and costs of the event.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Oh, well, there you go [pat on gingrich’s butt] just don’t do it again, OK, Johnny? If you do it again, do a better job of not getting caught or I’ll have to go Honey Boo-Boo on your ass.<\/p>\n

ADDED: TSO send this screen shot of the opening sentences of the Office of the Inspector General Report on their investigation into this most egregious waste of taxpayers’ money – especially money that was supposed to benefit veterans’;<\/p>\n

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