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board just last month says the v.a. started implementing, quote, corrective action last year. >> the training conferences estimated to cost over $20,000, the policy requires the appointment of a second senior official to ensure that the training conference is executed in accordance with policy and at the cost approved by the administration or staff office. >> and a spokesperson for the v.a. tells fox, quote, the v.a. has zero tolerance for any misuse of taxpayer dollars. >> thanks. so are you in a relationship and maybe you wonder will it last? i'm now told facebook may well have your answer. there's this new study that suggests the social networking site facebook may be able to actually predict a user's romantic future. a computer scientist at cornell university and a facebook engineer looked at more than 1 million facebook users who listed themselves as in a relationship. the researchers found that most
meetings and travel. they say they will cut the training costs by 83%. but then we see the numbers where they are going to training conferences and buying prize for people. dinners, $14. >40 per person.$126,000 just tos international conference. doesn't sounds like they are cutting back. >> it sounds like a lot of fun and they are doing it at america's expense. they come down on you and want to see all the receipts. they knock out god knows how many legitimate expenses because you can't prove it. so they should be held to the same standard. heather: more oversight. and none of the people involved in this latest incident are apparently being held accountable in any way. >> it's a dual standard and it's
records from every call made on a verizon phone line. the order covers call records from april to next month. the white house has the not confirmed this report yet. the scandal over lavish spending by the irs on training conferences has now led to two agency officials being placed on administrative leave. the two unnamed workers are said to have accepted more than $1,000 in food and items at a party during one of the conferences in 2010. of course, this now infamous video of irs workers line dancing was made at one of the conferences. the agency's new commissioner is likely to face tough questions about it all today when he testifies at a congressional hearing. president obama shaking up his national security. doing it in a some what controversial day. details on the women filling two key positions. here is abc's tahman bradley. >> reporter: president obama defied republicans, announcing susan rice is joining him at the white house as his new national security adviser. >> i look forward to continuing to serve on your national
policies and training conferences. the va says allegations of misconduct regarding two training conferences in 2011 are unacceptable. they plan to hold accountable anybody who misused taxpayer dollars or violated our standards of conduct. the house oversight committee are also investigating. this is not over yet by any stretch of the imagination. martha: it appears that is the tip of the iceberg. bill: at any moment we expect a ruling on a voter i.d. case in a critical battleground case. we'll get a live report on that and what it could mean for the election five weeks from today. martha: on the eve of the first presidential debate, what's going on today behind closes doors. governor john sununu, senior adviser to the romney campaign. >> i don't own stock in either fannie mae or freddie mac.
wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on extravagant training conferences in world -- ord, florida, last year. this comes just months after the gsa came under fire for lavish spending at a conference in 2010. doug mckelway is following it arrive in washington. doug? >> gregg, one of the features of that conference in orlando last year was the presentation of a parody film, a takeoff on the classic "patton." it was designed to motivate va employees. here's a snippet of the film. >> one of the worse mistakes you can make in carrying out your mission is getting the idea in your head that stability is a virtue. stability is not a virtue, it's a trap. it means you're holding your own, you're standing still. >> reporter: the film goes on with interviews of va employees and beneficiaries. it cost $52,000 to produce that little 15-minute film. it was shown only twice.
of an executive order. >> it is certainly running afoul of the executive order but the one they did last year was a million dollars. they have done 77 conferences after the executive order went through. we're asking them why? why are you ignoring the president's executive order? >> reporter: gsa issued a statement on july 30th in response to that fox foia request said in part, as of april 2012 all spending for events, training conferences, leadership events, team building exercises award ceremonies were suspended. the 2010 ceremony was an annual event and been in existence going back to 2002. under new gsa leadership and these events and type of spending are not tolerated. committee members have reason to believe that is not true. we'll learn more as today's hearing unfolds. pat aye arn? patti ann: the question is what would prompt a government agency in times of austerity to hand out bonuses and hole conferences
it's every level of spending. in a written statement gsa responded as of april 2012 all spending for events including training conferences, team building exercises, award ceremonies were suspended. the 2010 award ceremony was an annual event and has been in existence going back to 2002. under the new gsa leadership, these events on this type of spending are not tolerated. there you have it, shep. chairman michael will ask for questions about that tomorrow. >> shepard: they certainly will. this kind of spend something not the biggest concern for congressional investigators. >> that's true. gsa spending on conferences pails in comparison to what gsa spends on vacant or underused federal buildings. there are literally thousands of them across the country. they cost the gsa billions every year. shep? >> shepard: doug mckelway in d.c. tonight. there is word the city of scranton p.a. will give public workers the money they lost after the mayor slashed salaries to minimum wage.