SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 669854 <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-40724"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fva-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=VA+official%3A+McDonald+silent+after+warning+of+billions+misspent&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fva-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0AVA official: McDonald silent after warning of billions misspent%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/va-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="592c864c3e9e73575d25133c23670067" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/724/for_gallery_v2/150224003-SECVA-PRESS-CONFERENCE-web.jpeg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/040/724/large_v3/150224003-SECVA-PRESS-CONFERENCE-web.jpeg" alt="150224003 secva press conference web" /></a></div></div>The VA was hit with its newest scandal just before the hearing Thursday when a March letter written by Frye to McDonald was made public. It unveiled that at least $5 billion and as much as $10 billion each year in employee credit card purchases were made without contracts and in violate of federal procurement rules.<br /><a target="_blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent-1.346211">http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent-1.346211</a> <div class="pta-link-card answers-template-image type-default"> <div class="pta-link-card-picture"> <img src="https://d26horl2n8pviu.cloudfront.net/link_data_pictures/images/000/013/953/qrc/image.jpg?1443041923"> </div> <div class="pta-link-card-content"> <p class="pta-link-card-title"> <a target="blank" href="http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/va-official-mcdonald-silent-after-warning-of-billions-misspent-1.346211">VA official: McDonald silent after warning of billions misspent</a> </p> <p class="pta-link-card-description">The head of procurement at the Department of Veterans Affairs said Thursday that Secretary Bob McDonald never contacted him after a warning in March that the agency is misspending billions of dollars each year.</p> </div> <div class="clearfix"></div> </div> 2015-05-15T09:12:10-04:00 SPC Jan Allbright, M.Sc., R.S. 669854

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2015-05-15T09:12:10-04:00 2015-05-15T09:12:10-04:00 PO1 John Miller 669869

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>Go figure. Hand caught in the cookie jar and all he can say is "No comment."

2015-05-15T09:15:36-04:00 2015-05-15T09:15:36-04:00 MAJ Ken Landgren 671277

<div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>I have always said, organizations that do not follow laws, regulations, and rules are corrupt organizations. It turns into empire building.

2015-05-15T16:18:45-04:00 2015-05-15T16:18:45-04:00 2015-05-15T09:12:10-04:00