The ‘rat infestation’ and mold problems were at the original Walter Reed on Georgia Ave. It was closed on August 27, 2011. It was opened in 1909 and went through several expansions during its 102 years of existence. And a variety of problems.
The mold, etc problems weren’t even in the hospital proper. They were at a building on the other side of Georgia Ave that had been a motel and was then being used as a place for patients to stay while their cases were being decided. It was a problem even then to get a timely decision as to whether a serviceman would stay at Walter Reed for further treatment, be sent to another facility or discharged from the military. The attack on Walter Reed was a ginned up attack on GWB and all Republicans.