11-13-13 veterans affairs secretary payout

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The state will pay Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos $325,000 to settle a lawsuit filed after he was fired in 2009.  Scocos was dismissed by the Board of Veterans Affairs in 2009, shortly after he returned from service in Iraq. Gov. Scott Walker gave him his job back in 2011, shortly after signing a law taking the power to appoint the secretary away from the board.