Walter Reed Update

Hello again!-

A small update on the controversy at Walter Reed. Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley, the Surgeon General of the Army, has resigned. Kiley was the commanding officer of Walter Reed Army Medical Center from 2000-2004 and had been placed in temporary command of the facility after the ousting of Major General George Weightman, the hospital's most recent commander. It has been said that Kiley had knowledge of the conditions of the outpatient faclilties during his tenure as hospital commander. I think that this is the truth, because these things do not happen overnight. Major General Gale Pollock will take over Kiley's duties as Army Surgeon General until a replacement is appointed.

Kiley's retirement brings the number of senior Army officials forced out by this scandal to three. An Army commissiion, as well as one working for the Bush Administration, are investigating the conditions at the facility.

This disgrace is a glaring example of what too much bureaucratic red tape leads to. I think that government should be as streamlined as possible to prevent an aberration like this from happening again.