<p>Half a brain is more than some of our leaders have! ;)</p>
<p>I hear there is an opening for a new Secretary of the Army.</p>
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<p>This is why I wrote, “If his leaving the service and repaying his bonus was the Army’s idea, they were acting like scum” in post #11.</p>
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<p>Hard to argue with that. Are the Army personnel doing this legally required to, or are they allowed discretion? These sorts of stories are rarely as cut-and-dried as they seem. If I were a GS-7 working for the Army who was looking at a stint breaking rocks in Leavenworth for not pursuing government policy for recovering money, I might choose to be callous. (Actually, I wouldn’t personally, but that’s something else, I suppose.) Congress or the DoD might have made up these rules in peacetime and now some low-level schmoe is taking the heat for being a heartless b******.</p>
<p>The only slightly good thing about this whole dismal affair is that the people falling on swords are actually those who have some influence on what’s going on, and not some Major or GS7 who was following financial or medical SOPs.</p>
<p>“some low-level schmoe is taking the heat for being a heartless b******.”</p>
<p>Eh, I think for once 
everyone understands that this is a high level policy.</p>
<p>Maybe they’ll name the replacement hospital for Walter Reed after Rummie. 
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<p>(though, to be fair, the guy who is responsible is his boss…)</p>
<p>so much for supporting the troops. talk and lapel pins are cheap.</p>