VA budget wreck shows $2.6M spent on Obamacare funds
Auditors found 843 million set aside from 2011 to 2014 for veteran benefits had no designated purpose and sat unspent. An additional 2.6 million was used for Obamacare materials and business items. Inspectors criticized weak supervisory review and lax VA controls amid broad funding concerns.
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Barack Obama
Chroni
Tom Downing
D-Virginia
Roswell
McDonald
House
Coffman
Colorado
Congress
Sloan Gibson
House Veterans’ Affairs Committee
Shields Urges Forgiveness After Charleston Tragedy
Mark Shields praises the forgiveness shown by families of Charleston church victims and reflects on gun violence in America. He notes the Confederate flag’s removal as positive but insufficient, citing 2013 gun death figures and contrasts with other nations. He urges national unity and ongoing forgiveness.
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Chesterton
Charleston
Emanuel Ame
Washington
Wall Street
Australia
Japan
U.S
America
Mark Shields
Creators Syndicate
Creators.com
Editorial on flood plain policy and climate risk
An editorial from Southern Illinois University and a river policy expert argues Texas and other states fail to follow flood plain planning. It cites Galloway Report findings and EPA projections that mitigation could save nearly 3 billion in flood damages by 2100, urging smarter maps and policy changes.
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Southern Illinois University
Texas
Pinter
Galloway
Chesterfield Valley
EPA
U.S
Congress
Health tips link early life to adult obesity risk
A study notes that sleep duration under twelve hours daily in infancy raises later obesity risk, with sevenfold increase when several risk factors coincide. It emphasizes prenatal and early postnatal activity as influential, cites Dr. Komaroff of Harvard Medical School, and provides contact avenues for questions.
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Komaroff
Harvard Medical School
Doctork
Shattuck St
Boston
Bush to release 33 years of personal tax returns
GOP candidate Jeb Bush will publish three decades of income tax returns including eight years after leaving Florida governorship. The documents compare with prior disclosures by Dole Kerry and Romney, may show net worth growth since 1998, and target Clinton as the Democratic rival.
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McDonald
P&g
West Point
NBC
Meet the Press
GOP
Jeb Bush
Des Moines
Iowa
Bush
Florida
Joseph Thorndike
Tax History Project
Bob Dole
John Kerry
Mitt Romney
Romney
Ron Weiser
Republican National Committee
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Hillary Clinton
Weiser
Marco Rubio
Clinton
Federal Election Commission
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Phoenix VA
Mike Coffman
John
Taylor
Veterans Advocate
Shields
THE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Timothy P. Howsare Photo
American Hear Association
Amhit.org
Muchas Lamon
Montana
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