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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Thu Feb 8, 2018, 08:05 PM Feb 2018

Kobach sits on board of veterans group that isn't using money to help veterans [View all]

Source: Kansas City Star

BY BRYAN LOWRY
blowry@kcstar.com

February 08, 2018 04:18 PM

Updated 9 minutes ago

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach sits on the advisory board of a Missouri-based veterans’ group that received a failing grade from the Better Business Bureau this week.

Kobach, a candidate for Kansas governor, is listed as a member of the advisory board for Veterans in Defense of Liberty, a Springfield-based nonprofit with a stated mission of upholding the Constitution.

He said he would be reviewing the group’s finances after a Better Business Bureau report that found only a small fraction of the group’s money actually goes toward veterans’ issues.

“This is the first I’ve heard of any suggestion that the monies raised by the charity aren’t going to the various causes for veterans,” Kobach said Thursday.

Read more: http://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article199170469.html

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