Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Trump Date:   1/8/2017 8:28:32 PM

No, it is not "rampant".  Sometimes there are misguided people that forget that they are supposed to be stewards of the taxpayers money. The IRS thing was another example.  But keep in mind that these are 2 groups in a huge government.  The thing with conferences is that you want people to attend and obviously they want to attend if they think it will be a fun time.  I can tell you about a number of conferences I spoke at where it was important to get my message out and quite a few of them were in "fun" places.  I did not pick the places, nor the venue, but I still went there and spoke and the government paid for it.    Our Director went to one that was held in Disney World. He was there to speak, but part of the arrangement that were made by the sponsor included a visit by Mickey Mouse, which happened to happen while he was speaking.  So he got his picture taken with Mickey and it was published in Defense News.  He got his a$$ chewed, although he had nothing to do with it.