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/2007/03/12/AR2007031200544.html[/url]”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/12/AR2007031200544.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the Army’s surgeon general, has submitted a request to retire after weeks of criticism over his handling of the Walter Reed scandal and other health care problems facing veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.</p>

<p>Kiley had faced intense scrutiny during hearings on Capitol Hill during the past two weeks, when numerous members of Congress asked him directly if he should resign either because he failed to notice horrid living conditions and a tangled bureaucracy at Walter Reed or because he failed to fix them. Kiley had said he wanted to stay on the job and lead the Army’s medical community through systemic change, but he also acknowledged that he was in a tenuous position…

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<p>Another Flag Officer bites the dust. Lesson learned: Inspect the barracks.</p>