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Second Brand USA exec leaves company on heels of Senate report
Another top executive has departed from Brand USA, a public-private corporation founded to promote U.S. tourism, in the wake of a congressional report detailing what its authors call waste and cronyism.

Travel Market Report writes that Brand USA chief marketing officer Chris Perkins has left the company. Perkins is the second executive to leave the firm. Brand USA CEO Jim Evans left in June, a week after several U.S. Senators first began probing the company.

The report, released last week by Sens. Tom Coburn (R., Okla.) and Jim DeMint
...junior U.S. Senator from South Carolina, distinguished by not being Lindsey Graham. He is a member of the Republican Party and a well-regarded leader in the Tea Party movement...
 (R., S.C.), slammed Brand USA and the Department of Commerce for providing "only a small cross section" of the requested documents.

However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
 the report said, the documents the senators did obtain "paint a picture of mismanagement, waste and cronyism."

Brand USA's board, which is appointed by President Barack Obama's administration, is stacked with Obama campaign donors. The company first came under fire for hosting a lavish London gala.
A mix of private contributions and matching federal grants funds Brand USA. The report claims Brand USA relied on questionable "in-kind" non-cash contributions to qualify for more taxpayer dollars.

As previously reported by the Washington Free Beacon, Brand USA's board, which is appointed by President Barack Obama's administration, is stacked with Obama campaign donors. The company first came under fire for hosting a lavish London gala.
Posted by: Fred 2012-10-16
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