I thought that Walter Reed is scheduled to close soon and move its facilities a few miles to the grounds of the Naval Hospital.
I am not sure if the problems are in the main hospital itself or only (though they shoulc not exist anywhere) in a building used for housing military who are receiving outpatient services. Can someone help me clarify this?
I have a problem with the holier-than-thou Wash Post who investigated the problem almost a year ago, but did not expose the problem for so long. Why didn't they care enough to get help right away?
It is scheduled to be closed .. which is why some didn't want to put more money into fixing it
Though, I can somewhat understand that part
They also shouldn't have used building 18 for the soldiers
There is no excuse for that
You are right...
But, the MSM and the DEMS have found another way to get to Bush.
I heard the other day that the Dems see this as another potential way to bring down Bush...and use against the GOP in 2008.
The dems have even called for a hearing AT Walter Reed tomorrow morning so they can talk directly to the troops....
These poor injured troops are going to be used to get Bush and the GOP....
I am not saying that the problems that are there shouldn't be fixed...and shouldn't have some of the leadership in trouble....but, just realize that this is what the MSM and dems do....the exploit people and situations for their gain.
I heard that when Prs. Bush found out about this he was so mad, it was like his hair was on fire....however, he will be ultimately blamed.
Have to wonder why the comPost didn't bring this story forward just before the mid term elections.
I have a problem with the holier-than-thou Wash Post who investigated the problem almost a year ago, but did not expose the problem for so long. Why didn't they care enough to get help right away?
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I think it took Dana Priest a long time to find enough unhappy service members and family members willing to talk to her. Some of her comments on Howie Kurtz's show today were really weird.
Apparently she is upset because of a lack of 'trust' between her and whichever Army General she spoke to before the publication of Part I of her story.
Can you believe it?! A reporter claiming that "trust" exists between the Pentagon and the Press.
Here is the transcript link:
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0703/04/rs.01.html
KURTZ: Dana Priest, in the six days that you gave Army public relations officials a chance to respond before publication, they decided to call a briefing in which other Pentagon reporters from other news organizations were invited in to talk about this before your article ran.
How did that make you feel?
PRIEST: It made me feel that the Army has really forgotten all the lessons they learned about its relationship with the press, because, actually, they -- there was a time when they understood what this was all about. They broke in that case a cardinal rule of operating with us, which is trust.
If I'm going to give them time, I trust that they're not going to go tell Jamie about the story. And that's always been the way that it's been played.
The general in charge, General Weightman, he's the one that told me that they were going to preempt us, and he did it in a sheepish manner, because I think he thought this was not, you know, necessarily the best idea. And in fact, I do think it backfired on them.
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