VA chief says taxpayers didn’t pick up wife’s Europe expenses, despite previous agency statements

The following article by Lisa Rein was posted on the Washington Post website November 9, 2017:

U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs David Shulkin discusses a Sept. 29, 2017 Washington Post report about his July trip to Europe that mixed business and leisure activities. (Washington Post Live)

Veterans Affairs Secretary David Shulkin said Thursday that, contrary to a report in The Washington Post, taxpayers did not cover his wife’s expenses on a July trip to Europe that mixed official travel with sightseeing.

“There was nothing inappropriate about this,” Shulkin said, speaking at a Washington Post Live event on veterans’ issues. He rebuked the news organization for what he called “poor reporting.” Continue reading “VA chief says taxpayers didn’t pick up wife’s Europe expenses, despite previous agency statements”