movement of troops and weapons as well as attacks against afghan and coalition forces. meanwhile, the u.s. is trying to determine if a separate drone strike killed another insurgent leader, the leader of the network. the taliban is denying his death. two controversial veterans affair conventions who is combined price tag tops a whooping $5 million. how about that? they are revealing shocking numbers and nearly $100,000 worth of coffee break refreshments. almost $900 spent on a karaoke night and peter doosey is live. reporter: that $1.2 million is just for participants travel. staff travel cost another $113,000. that was just for the v.a. human resources conference, number one down in orlando
why next can police shot up a u.s. embassy vehicle near mexico city injuring two american government employees. the workers were driving to a training facility in an armored suv when think encountered the police who were casing criminals in the area. the police opened fire on the suv despite the fact t had diplomatic license plates. they are in stable condition at the hospital. 12 mexican officers are being held for questioning in this investigation. we are learning more about two lavish veterans affairs conventions conventions in orlando. this is in florida, of course, combined it cost taxpayers $5 million. a list of expenses has been released for one of the conferences showing nearly $100,000 was spent on coffee break refreshments. that s like our green room. it s important. biggest expense was the $1.2 million spent on travel. this, of course, comes after this video surfaced of a patent spoof produced for that conference that cost $52,000
last year. and we just got our hands on a list of the other things they were spending money on for a grand total of $2.9 million. it includes $90,000 in change for coffee break refreshments. almost 300k for an audiovisual center and $862.50 for a karaoke night. the conference was followed up by another one that cost another $2.4 million. and the congressman who sits on the house oversight committee says it is not fare that these folks get to spend tax dollars frivolously while others who could really use the money are left hanging. we have nearly a million veterans standing in line. and to spend millions of dollars just to get together, there are legitimate reasons to get together, but do you really need to spend that amount of money on coffee and video production at the same time we have veterans waiting in line? that just doesn t sit right. the v.a. spent $52,000 to