1/ @ffweekend guest Darin Selnick claims Obama's Veterans Choice program was "temporary" and Trump established the first "permanent" choice program
SELNICK: He's ABSOLUTELY correct. Critics are wrong. That's what the facts are.
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2/ The Veterans Access, Choice, and Accountability Act was signed into law on August 4, 2014. It "requires hospital care and medical services to be furnished to veterans through agreements with specified non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities."
congress.gov/bill/113th-con…
3/ Mr. Selnick and @ffweekend host @PeteHegseth are old buddies.
In March 2018, Mr. Hegseth lost out to Robert Wilkie for the VA Secretary job and visited @NYHCtattoo to have an M4 rifle/U.S. flag tattoo emblazoned on his right arm.
#Merica
4/ Mr. Selnick billed the U.S. government $13,000 for bicoastal commutes from his CA home to his D.C. duty station while advising officials on the VA Choice program.
'Critic of Waste at Veterans Affairs Now Faces Questions About His Travel Costs'
*Correction: The Veterans Choice Act was signed into law on August 7, 2014
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