Heritage Foundation piles on Brand USA with spending criticisms


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Brand USA needs to be scrupulous about its spending and fund-raising practices. The Heritage Foundation and the right are licking their lips over any missteps.

The right-wing Heritage Foundation, reiterating recent claims by GOP senators, accused Brand USA of "waste and abuse," argued that its under-fire spending and matching-fund practices do little to further the group's travel-marketing goals. It is clear the Heritage Foundation and its Congressional allies want to make public-pr