Derrick Van Orden: “I've identified billions of dollars of garbage in these…”

“We want to increase the lethality of our troops and the readiness of our troops so that we can protect American citizens and our allies and our interests. That's all we want to do at the Veterans Affairs Administration. Shock. I've identified billions of dollars of garbage in these programs that don't work or they're just throwing money into a fireplace. And I'm so excited, dude, that Doug Collins is coming in, because we need to do the same thing.” (23:26–23:37)

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