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Washington, D.C. — Speaker Nancy Pelosi today issued the following statement on the one-year anniversary this week of articles in the Washington Post on the shocking conditions experienced by wounded soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at Walter Reed Army Medical Center… Continue

“One year after the Walter Reed scandal, America’s returning heroes are receiving better and more efficient care, but many are still waiting too long and facing too many bureaucratic roadblocks as they try to recover from the wounds of war.”

“Rice will finally appear. But Waxman (D-Calif.) has not spent the week on a victory lap. He has found time to produce evidence accusing State Department security contractor Blackwater Worldwide of tax evasion, to fire off a letter to Rice demanding information about alleged mismanagement of a $1 billion contract to train Iraqi police, and to hold a hearing on uranium poisoning on Navajo land.”

SSG John Daniel Shannon testified this morning before the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, National Security Subcommittee, at a field hearing at Walter Reed. SSG Shannon’s experience was highlighted in the Washington Post reports on the deplorable conditions in Walter Reed’s outpatient… Continue

Both the Oversight Committee and Appropriations Committee are holding hearings today on the conditions at Walter Reed. Our troops and Veterans who fought for us on the battlefield should not have to fight their own government for the care they earned and… Continue

Today the Oversight Committee issued their first subpoena, which is in regard to the terrible conditions at Walter Reed’s outpatient facility. Chairman Henry Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman John Tierney also wrote a letter to Major General Weightman. From the Oversight and Government… Continue

Just out from the Army Times: Ex-Walter Reed chief to face Congress Monday Rick Maze, Army Times – March 2, 2007 The Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal involving the living conditions, medical treatment and retirement process of wounded combat veterans will… Continue

General takes the fall for Army hospital’s failures Robert Burns, Associated Press – March 2, 2007 The general running Walter Reed Army Medical Center had been there six months when trouble arrived — news reports about recovering soldiers languishing in dilapidated housing,… Continue

Our wounded military personnel and combat veterans deserve nothing less than the best care, but the continuing revelations at Walter Reed Army Medical Center show a troubling trend. The House will address some of the most pressing deficiencies at Walter Reed in… Continue

Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet Kelly Kennedy, Air Force Times – February 28, 2007 Soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m. every morning and have… Continue