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The Department of Veterans Affairs announced today that more than 500 officials have been fired for misconduct since President Trump took office earlier this year, according to data posted online.

In an effort for more transparency and accountability within the VA, Secretary of Veterans Affairs David J. Shulkin announced that a public list of employee "accountability actions" will be posted online and updated weekly.

The list outlines a total of 747 disciplinary actions including 526 employees who were fired since January 20. The actions affected a myriad of positons ranging from a tractor operator to VA attorneys.The list does not include employee names due to privacy reasons but does note the employee's position and VA region.

"Veterans and taxpayers have a right to know what we're doing to hold our employees accountable and make our personnel actions transparent," Secretary Shulkin said in a statement.

This announcement comes less than a month after President Trump signed the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act which strengthened the ability of Secretary Shulkin to discipline VA officials. President Trump said that previous laws "…kept the government from holding those who failed our veterans accountable."  

In addition to publishing the list of accountability actions, Shulkin said in a press release that he is requiring approval by a senior official of any monetary settlement with an employee over the amount of $5,000.

The Veterans of Foreign Wars praised this new VA decision and said the organization is "…very, very hopeful that the Accountability and Whistleblower Protection Act will continue to heal the VA, which will definitely help restore the faith of veterans in their VA."

 

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hundreds-of-va-officials-fired-since-trumps-inauguration/

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Outstanding. We can get govt spending under control with the right moves. Clean it right up and move on to the next corrupt and bloated department. 

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He really needs to keep on rolling right through the military with his butcher knife though .....its the biggest drain on the country and just as unnecessary as the rest of it 

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25 minutes ago, Anler said:

Sounds like a good start. Hopefully the Pentagon is next...

I hadn't been hearing of all the Pentagon scandals, but if there are some corrupt career hacks there, I'm sure they're in Trumps sights.

 

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20 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

I hadn't been hearing of all the Pentagon scandals, but if there are some corrupt career hacks there, I'm sure they're in Trumps sights.

 

the scandal is the trillions we have dumped in there that are unaccounted for.....

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Look at what happened to the F35 program just in the time Trump has been on the scene .  First Trump gives a public snubbing to the out of control costs of the program and hints that the F18 could be extended to make up for the short comings. Since then the projected and current prices of the F35 have gone on a huge diet. If he could get 10% reductions in programs like this over all the branches of the services without having to involve congress it would be a win. 

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5 hours ago, f7ben said:

He really needs to keep on rolling right through the military with his butcher knife though .....its the biggest drain on the country and just as unnecessary as the rest of it 

never going to happen,  he's already proven that he's for feeding the biggest pig we have in our budget,  keeps the right wing whacko panties wet knowing were ready to kill more brown people with fancy toys

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11 minutes ago, Angry ginger said:

never going to happen,  he's already proven that he's for feeding the biggest pig we have in our budget,  keeps the right wing whacko panties wet knowing were ready to kill more brown people with fancy toys

and this is why Trump is a bootlicking failure .....he's just another Republican POS that was a little short on seasoned allegiance to all the other sacred cows 

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6 hours ago, Carlos Danger said:

Look at what happened to the F35 program just in the time Trump has been on the scene .  First Trump gives a public snubbing to the out of control costs of the program and hints that the F18 could be extended to make up for the short comings. Since then the projected and current prices of the F35 have gone on a huge diet. If he could get 10% reductions in programs like this over all the branches of the services without having to involve congress it would be a win. 

 

3 hours ago, Angry ginger said:

never going to happen,  he's already proven that he's for feeding the biggest pig we have in our budget,  keeps the right wing whacko panties wet knowing were ready to kill more brown people with fancy toys

 

3 hours ago, f7ben said:

and this is why Trump is a bootlicking failure .....he's just another Republican POS that was a little short on seasoned allegiance to all the other sacred cows 

:lol:  wtf are you two going on about now?

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24 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

 

 

:lol:  wtf are you two going on about now?

did the fucking budget shrink at all you retard or are we doing backflips about funds getting shifted around??????

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1 minute ago, f7ben said:

did the fucking budget shrink at all you retard or are we doing backflips about funds getting shifted around??????

After 8 years of it being slashed, lets see how the economy, deficit, and GDP turn out after a year or two, before you start jumping off buildings with your AK :lol: 

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5 minutes ago, DriftBusta said:

After 8 years of it being slashed, lets see how the economy, deficit, and GDP turn out after a year or two, before you start jumping off buildings with your AK :lol: 

8 years of what being slashed? In the last 20 years the budget has not gone up only 3 times. The budget currently sits at damn near 3x what it was in the early 90's

The whole entire deficit can be laid squarely at the feet of the MIC .....the fucking end 

 

 

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