VA explains where $6.3M meant for brain injury research went

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VA explains where $6.3M meant for brain injury research went
By Walter F. Roche Jr.
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW
Sunday, August 15, 2010

Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki has provided a brief explanation of how $6.3 million targeted for traumatic brain injuries suffered by service members in Iraq and Afghanistan has been utilized.

The explanation, which was immediately labeled as insufficient, was sent to Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, and Rep. Brad Miller, D-N.C., chairman of the Investigations Subcommittee of the House Science and Technology Committee.

The money was supposed to go to a now-closed Texas research facility whose director, Robert Van Boven, was fired after charging that $2 million of the $6.3 million had been improperly diverted.

"We're reviewing the VA's response but remain concerned that VA hasn't explained why or how, after seven years, the $6 million Congress appropriated for traumatic brain injury research hasn't been used to conduct that critical research," said David Ward, a spokesman for the senator.

Miller concurred in the statement from Burr's office, said Miller's spokeswoman, LuAnn Canipe.

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1. Oh come on! Don't you all know just how much those corporate lunches cost??

I laugh to hide the tears.