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

[GreatAmerican]

<p>Published in today’s New York Crimes:</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/washington/02general.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin[/url]”>http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/02/washington/02general.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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The two-star general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was relieved of command on Thursday, following disclosures that wounded soldiers being treated as outpatients there were living in dilapidated quarters and enduring long waits for treatment.</p>

<p>The officer, Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman, a physician and a graduate of West Point, was fired because Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey “had lost trust and confidence” in his ability to make improvements in outpatient care at Walter Reed, the Army said in a brief statement…

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