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ABC's Ann Compton was hanging out in the field level bar last night in St. Louis when President Obama threw out the first pitch. She said they gave him a hard time for wearing the White Sox jacket. It's back home today to focus on his push for health care reform. House Democrats rolled out a $1.5 trillion plan yesterday that, for the first time, would make health care a right and a responsibility for all Americans. Click here to hear more from Ann.
Leave it to Brian Ross to uncover another example of misuse of public money. Nearly 700 executives from the Social Security Administration gathered for a lavish three-day conference in Phoenix, AZ last week, costing taxpayers about $700,000. The conference, which included a performance by a motivational dance company that was captured on tape by Phoenix affiliate ABC15, was held at the Arizona Biltmore, a hotel described as the "Jewel of the Desert" with an oasis of 39 acres of lush gardens, swimming pools and a golf course. Click here to hear what the excuse was for the expenditure.
