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DAYTON -- The Department of Veterans Affairs spends $175 million every year to maintain hundreds of buildings it does not use, including a pink, octagonal monkey house in Dayton, U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., stated in "Wastebook 2010," his annual examination of what he regards as wasteful government spending.
Coburn noted that the VA disputed the $175 million figure, saying that it spent $34 million last year on unused buildings. The senator released his assessment Monday, days after he proposed to amend tax legislation to require the government to sell unneeded and excess property.See the full content of this document
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Local Building Pulled Into National Debate
The Dayton VA Medical Center uses the mostly pink buildin...
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