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When news broke the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department spent almost $20 million on artwork, while veterans were waiting months, some dying, before they could get doctor appointments, it struck a nerve.
The multi-story morse code art installation on the side of one VA hospital parking garage in Palo Alto, California, couldn’t be seen by the blind vets the center served, but news of the expenditure had some seeing red.
A 2016 report by OpenTheBooks.com, and a COX Media Group investigation, broke open the story of this federal agency’s penchant for high-end art. Good Morning America and ABC World News Tonight aired segments.
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