Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in the Washington Compost:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030100999.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/01/AR2007030100999.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The Army today relieved the commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying it had “lost trust and confidence” in his leadership in the wake of a scandal over outpatient treatment of wounded veterans at the Washington, D.C., hospital complex.</p>

<p>Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, commanding general of the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and of the Walter Reed center, was relieved of command by the secretary of the Army, Francis J. Harvey, at 10 a.m. today, the Army announced in a news release. It said the action was under consideration for the past several days and that a decision was made yesterday…

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<p>It took 11 days from the original article in the Washington Compost for this to happen. Bob Woodward couldn’t have done better himself.</p>