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      Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet

      Posted by Kathy from Armytimes

      The Army Times reports that soldiers in Building 18 at Walter Reed Hospital must have to have rooms ready for daily inspection by 7 am -- and they can't talk to the press. "It is unusual for soldiers to have daily inspections after Basic Training." Seems to me that it would be unusual to have people in a hospital facility subject to an inspection, period. Are these soldiers being penalized for media reports on conditions at the hospital?

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    Jeff comments on:

    Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet

    So let me get this straight, Cheney authorizes Libby to speak to the press on matters of secret national security but our troops can’t talk about conditions in the VA?

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    8:43 am 3/01/07
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    Kathy comments on:

    Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet

    Following up on its earlier report, the WaPo says that family members, soldiers, veteran’s groups (and others) have been complaining about Walter Reed for three years. The Army’s surgeon general supposedly knew about the complaints.

    The Post lists public comment after public comment … going back to just after the Iraq War…. detailing problems…. and the need to develop solutions. :-/

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    11:29 pm 2/28/07
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    Jeff comments on:

    Senate to Investigate Walter Reed Scandal

    From everything I’ve read the past few years, the problem isn’t just Walter Reed…the entire VA system is underfunded.

    When gates says he wants to get to the bottom of this, he must be joking. The problem is the overextension of the U.S. military and the underfunding of veterans affairs by Congress.

    It would help if Bush would put forward an honest budget with true accounting for the costs of the Iraq war.

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    11:54 am 2/27/07
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    Kathy comments on:

    Senate to Investigate Walter Reed Scandal

    TPMmuckraker has the details on the investigation and a summary of Pentagon response (divided) to the story.

    If you missed it – ya need to read it. Very sad. Thousands of soliders waiting for disability rulings. One story is especially painful—how our gov’t went out of its way to say IT wasn’t responsible for the soldier’s disability. Too bad he couldn’t have that decision made by a jury of his peers.

    I read another report that says the wounded-killed ratio in this war is the highest ever—10-to-1. Vietnam, reportedly 3-to-1. That means a lot of folks are gonna have lifelong care—and our system isn’t set up to handle it. :-/

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    1:34 am 2/27/07
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