A scathing report released Wednesday found “serious derelictions” in a 10-day, $122,000 business trip the secretary of veterans affairs took to Europe, which included airfare for his wife and extensive sightseeing.
traveled to Denmark and London for meetings about health care for veterans, accompanied by his wife, a small staff and a six-person security detail, .... his time was spent visiting castles and other tourist sites.
While the couple were in London, the report found, they improperly accepted tickets to a tennis match at Wimbledon.
Dr. Shulkin is one of six cabinet secretaries withg... lavish spending on travel. Tom Price was dismissed as secretary of health and human services over his use of private jets.
the department’s chief of staff altered emails misrepresented to the department’s ethics office that a planned “special recognition dinner” was definite. “Ms. Wright Simpson’s false representations and alteration of an official record may have violated federal criminal statutes,”
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traveled to Denmark and London for meetings about health care for veterans, accompanied by his wife, a small staff and a six-person security detail, .... his time was spent visiting castles and other tourist sites.
While the couple were in London, the report found, they improperly accepted tickets to a tennis match at Wimbledon.
Dr. Shulkin is one of six cabinet secretaries withg... lavish spending on travel. Tom Price was dismissed as secretary of health and human services over his use of private jets.
the department’s chief of staff altered emails misrepresented to the department’s ethics office that a planned “special recognition dinner” was definite. “Ms. Wright Simpson’s false representations and alteration of an official record may have violated federal criminal statutes,”
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