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The lawmakers here in the good old USA are now seeking their own independent commission to look into the Walter Reed mess on top of the group that Bush is having look into the fiasco.
Defense Secretary Robert Gates created a panel last week to look at the conditions in another hospital in addition to Walter Reed, this one being the National Naval Medical Center at Bethesda, Md. Source
"I'm worried about if it's this bad at the outpatient facilities at Walter Reed, how is it in the rest of the country? Because Walter Reed is our crown jewel," said Sen. Charles Schumer ( voting record), D-N.Y.
"To think that men and women are serving their country in the most honorable and courageous way possible and all we give them is a dilapidated, rat-infested, run-down building to recover is a disgrace," Schumer wrote. "My fear is that Walter Reed is just the tip of the iceberg, and merely highlights the pervasive and systemic mistreatment of our service members." Yahoo News
The next thing that should happen is the termination of Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley since his sorry ass was once the commander of Walter Reed. It has been said that Kiley knew of these lousy conditions for at least the past three years.
The military's claim of being under staffed and over burdened with patients is no excuse for this crap to have taken place. With all of the funding that has been given to the military since the Bush war club has been in office, no body thought about maybe training more professionals and then maybe up-grading the facilities? This is the equivalent of trying to say that no body thought there would be many casualties in this war so we never thought of it.
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