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House GOP probes why HHS allegedly pumped billions in pandemic cash to 'highly profitable hospitals'

The probe is being led by House Oversight committee Chairman James Comer.

House Republicans on Tuesday announced an investigation into allegations the Health and Human Services Department misallocated COVID-19 relief funds intended to help low-income hospitals.

The probe is being led by House Oversight committee Chairman James Comer.

In a letter to agency Secretary Xavier Becerra, Comer and fellow GOP committee member Rep. Nick Langworthy allege HHS "funneled billions of taxpayer dollars to highly profitable hospitals in wealthy areas while rural hospitals battled bankruptcy as they strived to provide high-quality care."

The lawmakers, in the letter, requested all documents and communications related to agency's decision-making process for which hospitals and providers received the taxpayer dollars.

They also cited reports that nearly $17 billion of pandemic relief funds went to hospitals with reported profits of $53 billion-plus, while $35 billion went to hospitals that reported a loss of almost $130 billion.

"It is crucial that we understand how the Department of Health and Human Services distributed these funds to hospitals that did not need it while hospitals in need received minimal benefit," the lawmakers also wrote.

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/house-gop-probes-why-hhs-allegedly-pumped-billions-pandemic-cash-highly

Analyzing the U.S. and NATO Presence in Ukraine – After Leaked Document Surfaces from Department of Defense

Analyzing the U.S. and NATO Presence in Ukraine – After Leaked Document Surfaces from Department of Defense

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/looking-at-the-u-s-and-nato-presence-in-ukraine-is-that-all-there-is/

Analyzing the U.S. and NATO Presence in Ukraine – After Leaked Document Surfaces from Department of Defense

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This document, based on what you see, appears to be Unclassified. If there is a classification marking in the upper right hand corner, it is obscured. As you can see, it primarily provides a summary of the Composition & Disposition of the U.S. forces — air, maritime and soldiers — in the European theater. There are 92,000 U.S. military personnel in the European AOR (i.e., Aera of Operations), but they are not in Ukraine.

The image also shows the US/NATO Special Operations Forces in Ukraine (you can read Jim Hoft’s report on this here) and the total US presence in Ukraine, which is 100 persons. According to the image of the document published on Twitter, the Department of State has more people in Ukraine than the Department of Defense. There are 71 people listed as State Department (i.e., DoS) and 29 military personnel. Of those 29, 14 are SOF aka Special Operations Forces. the remaining 15 consist of the Defense Attache (DAO), personnel with the Office of Defense Cooperation (essentially traffic cops handling the flow of U.S. military aid to Ukraine) and the Marine Security Augmentation Unit (MSAU), which provides security for U.S. diplomatic facilities.

What about the CIA? Yes, they are there, but I do not know if they are listed under State or DOD or both. The briefing slide pictured above is quite explicit that the total U.S. official presence in Ukraine is 100 souls (and that includes the Ambassador).

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2023/04/looking-at-the-u-s-and-nato-presence-in-ukraine-is-that-all-there-is/