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This week's Congressional oversight hearings on conditions for our veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center are shining a bright light on how our government has failed those who have sacrificed the most. Unfortunately, the problems at Walter Reed seem to be… 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

“Washington, D.C. – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released the following statement today on the news reports on poor outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington:

‘Our wounded military personnel and combat veterans deserve nothing less than the best care, but the continuing revelations at WalterReedArmyMedicalCenter show a troubling trend.”

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

From the House Armed Services Committee: Skelton Statement on Conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center Washington, DC — House Armed Services Committee Chairman Ike Skelton (D-MO) released the following statement today regarding news reports concerning the condition of facilities and treatment… Continue

Following up on yesterday’s post drawing attention to the plight of physically and psychologically damaged outpatients at Walter Reed exposed by the Washington Post, as well as Rep. Louise Slaughter’s letter to Defense Secretary Gates on the subject, today reports illustrate the… Continue