Typical Bush/GOP elite behavior. Money for the sick and poor is used to promote the President. Remember when Bush was the "compassionate conservative"? I'm waiting for the head of the CIA to stand up and admit this was his fault too.

Bush Used HHS Budget for National Events

By LAURA MECKLER, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - The Bush administration spent hundreds of thousands of dollars from its health and welfare budget to stage presidential events around the country last year — most of which coincided with campaign appearances for Republican candidates.

A report released Friday by the General Accounting Office, Congress' investigative arm, identified 15 trips where the White House asked the Department of Health and Human Services to pick up the tab.

Agreements reached between the White House and HHS allowed for charges totaling about $523,000. So far, the White House has sent HHS bills for eight of the 15 trips totaling just over $250,000. The GAO could not find invoices or other records to explain specifically how the money was spent...





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