Walter Reed Army Medical Center scandal/External Links

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Profiles

• Section: "Recently Reported Cases of Neglect"/Walter Reed Army Medical Center in the Wikipedia.
• Military Times coverage of the controversy at Walter Reed beginning February 17, 2007.
• "The Other Walter Reed," Washington Post.

Background

• Robert Novak, "Arrogance on the Hill," Townhall.com, January 10, 2005.
• Mark Benjamin, "What they knew about Walter Reed, and when they knew it," War Room/Salon, February 21, 2007. Preview or subscription required. See Salon articles on Walter Reed dating from July 2004 to present.

U.S. Government and Organizational Response

• "Honoring Our Veterans," Official White House website.
• News Release: "Department to Review Military Medical Rehabilitative and Administrative Care," DefenseLink News, February 20, 2007.
• "Democrats spring to action to help soldiers at Walter Reed," The Hill, February 20, 2007.
• John Murtha, Press Release: "Murtha Statement on Building 18 at Walter Reed," Office of Rep. John Murtha (D-Penn.), February 20, 2007.
• Louise M. Slaughter, News Release: "Slaughter Sends Letter to Secretary Gates Demanding Answers on Walter Reed," Office of Rep. Louise M. Slaughter (D-N.Y.), February 20, 2007.
• Amanda Terkel, "Snow: President Bush 'Certainly' Was 'Aware Of The Conditions In The Wards' At Walter Reed," Think Progress, February 20, 2007.

• Amanda Terkel, "Snow Backtracks, Now Claims Bush Didn’t Know Of Walter Reed Neglect," Think Progress, February 21, 2007. See February 20, 2007, White House Press Briefing by Tony Snow.

• "Statement from The American Legion Regarding Walter Reed Army Medical Center," PRNewswire-USNewswire, February 20, 2007.
• Roxana Tiron, "Obama, McCaskill sponsor bill on care for veterans," The Hill, February 21, 2007. re Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.)
• News Release: "Department Review of Military Medical Rehabilitative and Administrative Care," DefenseLink News, February 21, 2007.
• News Transcript: "DoD Press Briefing On Outpatient Care And Administrative Processes At Walter Reed Army Medical Center And The National Naval Medical Center," DefenseLink News, February 21, 2007.
• "AMVETS Calls for Emergency Review of Conditions at All Military Hospitals," PRNewswire-USNewswire, February 21, 2007.
• Transcript: President Bush's Weekly Radio Address, Fox News, March 3, 2007.
• News Release: "President Bush Discusses Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors, War on Terror at American Legion," Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C., Office of the White House Press Secretary, March 6, 2007.
• "President Bush Meets with Co-Chairs of the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors," Office of the White House Press Secretary, March 7, 2007.

Congressional Hearings

• John Heilprin, "Senators Vow Quick Action on Walter Reed," Associated Press (ABC News), March 4, 2007.
• Josh White, "Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley's Leadership," Washington Post, March 5, 2007.
• "Generals to testify about Walter Reed," CNN, March 5, 2007.
• Michael Abramowitz and Steve Vogel, "Apologies, Anger at Walter Reed Hearing. Army Chiefs Plead Ignorance, But Lawmakers Are Skeptical," Washington Post, March 6, 2007.
• Anne Flaherty, "Walter Reed Commanders Admit Fault," Associated Press (ABC News), March 6, 2007.
• Michael Luo, "Soldiers Testify Over Poor Care at Walter Reed," New York Times, March 6, 2007.
• Kelly Kennedy, "Injured troops describe woes; leaders vow change," Navy Times, March 6, 2007.
• Norman J. Ornstein, "On Oversight and Iraq, Congress Finally Asserts Itself," American Enterprise Institute, March 7, 2007.
• "Congressional Hearings Begin For Walter Reed Army Medical Center," Medical News Today, March 8, 2007.
• Jerome L. Sherman, "Murtha grills brass on being kept in dark on wounded at Walter Reed," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 8, 2007.

WRAMC and competitive sourcing

• Jenny Mandel, "GAO declines to hear protest of Walter Reed competitive sourcing decision," GovExec.com, February 24, 2006. See February 21, 2006, Decision.
• "Mikulski Stands Up For Federal Employees at Walter Reed Army Medical Center," Office of Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski, March 6, 2006.
• Jenny Mandel, "Measure to block Walter Reed outsourcing fails in Senate," GovExec.com, September 8, 2006.
• Jenny Mandel, "Several competitive sourcing provisions dropped from Defense bill," GovExec.com, September 27, 2006.
• "Competitive Sourcing Limits Dropped From Final Version of DOD Spending Bill," Federal Contracts Daily, September 29, 2006.
• Daniel Friedman, "Outsourcing shares blame for Walter Reed problems," Federal Times, March 6, 2007.

Other Articles & Commentary

2005

• Mark Benjamin, "The invisible wounded: Casualties of Iraq War," Salon (The Power Hour), March 8, 2005: ""Nothing I uncovered in my reporting ever suggested that troops with serious physical wounds -- amputees or gunshot victims -- were getting anything less than the care and attention they deserve. Indeed, the Pentagon and Walter Reed have allowed reporters and photographers to cover amputees recuperating at Walter Reed and Army doctors pulling out all the stops to save critically wounded troops on the sandy battlefields of Iraq. By all accounts, these are the things the Army does well. They represent 'good news" stories for the Pentagon, showing the great lengths the military goes to care for downed soldiers.'"
• "U.S. casualties from Iraq war hidden away at Walter Reed. 'Used once and thrown away'," WSWS, June 3, 2005.

2007

February 2007

• "Head of US Army's Walter Reed hospital acknowledges outpatient complaints," Associated Press (International Herald Tribune), February 17, 2007.
• Dana Priest and Anne Hull, "Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility," Washington Post, February 18, 2007.
• Peter Spiegel, "Walter Reed couldn't handle wounded from Iraq, leader says. The staff responsible for monitoring injured soldiers was overwhelmed, he says in response to a newspaper story," Los Angeles Times, February 18, 2007.
• Anne Hull and Dana Priest, "The Hotel Aftermath. Inside Mologne House, the Survivors of War Wrestle With Military Bureaucracy and Personal Demons," Washington Post, February 19, 2007.
• Transcript: "Army Hospital Struggles to Provide Iraq Veterans Adequate Care," PBS Online NewsHour, February 19, 2007.
• John Aravosis, "Pentagon intentionally hiding 1/2 of Iraq injured and wounded -- no wonder the health care budget for those troops isn't enough," AMERICAblog, February 19, 2007.
• Dana Priest and Anne Hull, "Army Fixing Patients' Housing. Changes Underway At Walter Reed," Washington Post, February 20, 2007.
• Dana Priest, "Hospital investigates former aid chief. Walter Reed official operated own charity," Washington Post (MSNBC), February 20, 2007.
• "Leadership blamed for shabby Army hospital building," CNN, February 20, 2007.
• "White House Reaction to 'Wash Post' Series on Walter Reed: Ask the Pentagon About It," Editor & Publisher, February 20, 2007.
• Matt Spetalnick, "U.S. orders review into treatment of wounded troops," Reuters, February 20, 2007.
• Kelly Kennedy, "Wounded and waiting. A slow medical evaluation process leaves many injured troops in limbo," Army Times, February 20, 2007.
• John Aravosis, "Walter Reed statement: Washington Post article is a lie," AMERICAblog, February 20, 2007.
• Payson Schwin, "Dana Priest On Walter Reed: An 'Unbelievable' Story of 'Neglect' and 'Indifference'," Think Progress, February 20, 2007.
• Katrina Vanden Heuvel, "If Iraq Don't Kill You, Walter Reed Will," The Nation, February 20, 2007.
• Dana Priest and Anne Hull, "Bush calls for investigation at Walter Reed. Army hospital under fire for poor conditions," Washington Post (Concord [NH] Monitor), February 21, 2007.
• Dana Priest and Anne Hull, "Swift Action Promised at Walter Reed. Investigations Urged as Army Moves to Make Repairs, Improve Staffing," Washington Post, February 21, 2007.
• "White House orders review of military hospitals," Reuters (Los Angeles Times), February 21, 2007.
• BarbinMD, "White House Reacts To Walter Reed Horror Stories," Daily Kos, February 21, 2007.
• "Army Launches Cleanup In Walter Reed Housing," Washington Post, February 21, 2007.
• Editorial: "Rotten Homecoming. This is no way to treat a veteran," Washington Post, February 21, 2007.
• "Army Hospital Probes Ex-Aid Director. Former Head Of Soldier Aid Program Investigated As Army, Navy Hospitals Face Review," CBS News/Associated Press, February 21, 2007.
• Matt Spetalnick, "U.S. says must fix treatment of wounded war veterans," Reuters, February 21, 2007.
• "Vice Chief Cody speaks:" Army Times, February 21, 2007.
• Transcript: "Army Works to Repair Medical Center, Reputation," PBS Online NewsHour, February 21, 2007.
• Joe Sudbay, "Top Bush Admin. officials at Pentagon claim they didn't know about Walter Reed. Rep. Tom Davis (R-VA) knew but didn't do anything," AMERICAblog, February 21, 2007. re Tom Davis
• Paul Rieckhoff, "Walter Reed Hospital: Mice, Mold and Roaches. The Army's top hospital for wounded soldiers comes under fire," Guerrilla News Network, February 21, 2007.
• Joseph L. Galloway, "Walter Reed Hospital Scandal is 'The Last Straw'," Editor & Publisher / Shoptalk, February 21, 2007.
• Ann Scott Tyson, "At Walter Reed, 'We're Going to Fix It'. General Says He Will Oversee Repair of Soldiers' Lodging," Washington Post, February 22, 2007.
• Editorial: "The Army's outcast outpatients," Boston Globe, February 22, 2007.
• William H. McMichael, "Leaders take blame for wounded care woes. Health officials 'surprised;' lawmakers seeking solutions," Navy Times, February 22, 2007.
• Jeff Schogol, "Medical centers’ care under review," Stars and Stripes, February 22, 2007.
• Editorial: "Hotel Aftermath," St. Louis Post-Dispatch, February 22, 2007.
• Fred W. Baker III, "Officials Offer No Excuses, Only Changes at Walter Reed," American Forces Press Service, February 22, 2007.
• Jim Fry, "US Army's Top Hospital Faces Criticism over Maintenance," Voice of America News, February 22, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Don Imus Reports Administration Won’t Allow Him To Tour Entire Walter Reed Facilities," Think Progress, February 22, 2007.
• "Bush to nominate new defense official for health," Reuters (ABC News), February 22, 2007.
• Dana Milbank, "Painting Over the Problems at Walter Reed's Building 18," Washington Post, February 23, 2007.
• Michael Weisskopf, "The Two Worlds of Walter Reed," TIME Magazine/CNN, February 23, 2007.
• Steve Vogel, "Walter Reed Stories Factual But Unfair, Medical Chief Says," Washington Post, February 23, 2007.
• "Gates vows action on Walter Reed worries," Associated Press (USA TODAY), February 23, 2007.
• John Aravosis, "Army Surgeon General: 'More than half' our wounded vets aren't treated like animals," AMERICAblog, February 23, 2007.
• Brady van Engelen, "Walter Reed Is a Second Hell for Injured," The Huffington Post (AlterNet), February 23, 2007.
• Robert Burns, "Panel to Probe Conditions at Walter Reed," Associated Press (ABC News), February 24, 2007.
• Steve Vogel, "Administrative Issues Cited at Walter Reed. Report From Long-Running Army Probe Notes Problems; Official Orders Fixes," Washington Post, February 24, 2007.
• Ann McFeatters, "This is no way to treat a wounded warrior: Walter Reed Hospital’s flaws are indefensible," Boston Herald, February 24, 2007.
• Faiz Shakir, "Levin: Last Congress Didn't Investigate Walter Reed Because 'They Did Not Want To Embarrass' Bush," Think Progress, February 25, 2007.
• Spencer Ackerman, "Senate to Investigate Walter Reed Scandal," TPMmuckraker, February 26, 2007.
• Mark Benjamin, "Gen. Kiley knew about vets' outpatient scandal," Salon, February 27, 2007: "Veterans groups told the Army surgeon general about the shockingly bad mental health treatment at Walter Reed two months before the latest expose, but there's no evidence he followed up." Preview or subscription required.
• Kelly Kennedy, "Walter Reed patients told to keep quiet," Army Times, February 28, 2007.

March 2007

• Anne Hull and Dana Priest, "Hospital Officials Knew of Neglect. Complaints About Walter Reed Were Voiced for Years," Washington Post, March 1, 2007.
• "Top Army General Relieved of Command at Walter Reed Army Medical Center," Fox News, March 1, 2007.
• John Hendren, "Walter Reed General Relieved of Command," ABC News, March 1, 2007.
• John Aravosis, "New head of Walter Reed let soldier sleep in his own urine," AMERICAblog, March 1, 2007.
• Steve Vogel and William Branigin, "Army Fires Commander of Walter Reed. Former Chief, Also Criticized in Troop-Care Scandal, Temporarily Takes Over," Washington Post, March 2, 2007.
• Peter Spiegel, "Chief of Walter Reed hospital fired over troop treatment. Poor outpatient care for soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan is cited," Los Angeles Times, March 2, 2007.
• David S. Cloud, "General Is Fired Over Conditions at Walter Reed," New York Times, March 2, 2007.
• Robert Burns, "General in charge of Walter Reed medical center relieved of command," Associated Press (Boston Globe), March 2, 2007.
• Bill Adair, "Young faces fury in vets' scandal. After a newspaper report, the frequent visitor to wounded soldiers is assailed online for inaction," St. Petersburg Times, March 2, 2007.
• "Army secretary quits in wake of hospital scandal," CNN, March 2, 2007.
• Robert Burns, "Army Secretary Resigns in Scandal's Wake. Gates accepts Army secretary's resignation in wake of Walter Reed hospital scandal," Associated Press (CBS News), March 2, 2007.
• Steve Holland, "Bush Orders Review of Wounded Soldiers' Care," Reuters (ABC News), March 2, 2007.
• "Walter Reed Turmoil Goes On. Army Officials Turning Up the Heat at Walter Reed Medical Center," ABC News, March 3, 2007.
• Ken Fireman and Tom Capaccio, "Walter Reed Care Spawns Probes, Political Attacks (Update4)," Bloomberg News, March 3, 2007.
• Ron Brynaert, "Bush Administration push for privatization may have helped create Walter Reed 'disaster'," The Raw Story, March 3, 2007.
• Ken Fireman, "Furor at Walter Reed spawns probes, attacks," Bloomberg News (Boston Globe), March 4, 2007.
• Nico Pitney, "Brit Hume On Walter Reed: 'It Looks Terrible' For The Bush Administration, 'Which Is The Problem'," Think Progress, March 4, 2007.
• "National Disgrace: 'Wash Post' Looks Beyond Walter Reed -- Finds Problems for Vets Elsewhere," Editor & Publisher, March 4, 2007.
• Anne Hull and Dana Priest, "'It Is Just Not Walter Reed'. Soldiers Share Troubling Stories Of Military Health Care Across U.S.," Washington Post, March 5, 2007.
• Sarah Baxter, "Squalor surrounding wounded Iraq veterans shocks America. The Bush administration has gone into damage control as the scandal over the treatment of injured soldiers grows," The Australian, March 5, 2007.
• Jay Newton-Small, "Walter Reed Shortcomings Are Systemic, Lawmaker Says (Update2)," Bloomberg News, March 5, 2007.
• Scott Lilly, "Behind the Mess at Walter Reed," Center for American Progress, March 5, 2007.
• Philip Mattera, "Outsourcing Walter Reed," TomPaine.com, March 6, 2007.
• Col. Daniel Smith, U.S. Army (Ret.), "The Sins of Walter Reed," Foreign Policy in Focus, March 6, 2007.
• John Holusha, "Bush Appoints Walter Reed Commission," New York Times, March 6, 2007.
• Jessica Holzer, "A stampede of lobbyists heads toward the budget," The Hill, March 6, 2007.
• Ruth Conniff, "Walter Reed Shows Administration Priorities," The Progressive, March 6, 2007.
• Hans Johnson, "The Administration Goes For Broke. The cost of Iraq adds new dangers to the GOP’s anti-tax pledges," In These Times, March 6, 2007.
• Josh White, "Dole, Shalala to Lead Troop-Care Panel. Bipartisan Commission Will Evaluate Treatment, From Battlefield to Civilian Life," Washington Post, March 7, 2007.
• "Panel leaders promise 'vigorous' review of veterans' care," CNN, March 7, 2007.
• Editorial: "The Wider Shame of Walter Reed," New York Times, March 7, 2007.
• John Holusha, "Panel Leaders Say Military Medical System Needs Overhaul," New York Times, March 7, 2007.
• Harlan Ullman, Op-Ed: "Beware good intentions," Washington Times, March 7, 2007.
• Steve Shives, "Walter Reed is the Symptom, Not the Disease," American Chronicle, March 7, 2007.
• "Panel leaders promise 'vigorous' review of veterans' care," CNN, March 7, 2007.
• John Aravosis, "GOP congressman who was responsible for Walter Reed oversite now says the uproar is just politics," AMERICAblog, March 7, 2007. re Rep. Steve Buyer (R-Ind.)
• Seth Stern, "Members Were Aware of Lapses at Walter Reed," CQ TODAY, March 7, 2007. re C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) and Thomas M. Davis (R-Va.)
• Deb Reichmann, "Bush Panel to Fix Military Health System," Associated Press (San Francisco Chronicle), March 7, 2007.
• "Shortchanging of returning troops goes beyond Walter Reed, says Schumer," MidHudsonNews.com, March 7, 2007. re Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)
• Mark Kleiman, "Lessons from Walter Reed," Washington Scoop / Washington Monthly, March 7, 2007.
• Michael O'McCarthy, "Killing Our Troops Slowly: Deja Vu All Over Again," After Downing Street (ZMag), March 7, 2007.
• Steve Vogel and Ann Scott Tyson, "Monetary, Staff Problems Suspected at Hospital. Co-Chair of Walter Reed Panel Offers Early Assessment; Public Meetings in Works," Washington Post, March 8, 2007.
• Deb Reichmann, "Bush Seeks 'Truth' On Hospitals," Associated Press (New York Sun), March 8, 2007.
• David Sarasohn, "Walter Reed a wake-up call," Portland Oregonian (Spokesman Review), March 8, 2007. re Sen. Patty Murray, (D-Wash.)
• Celia Viggo Wexler, "Walter Reed Scandal: How Mainstream Media Let Us Down," The Nation, March 8, 2007.
• Adam Schreck, "Army's top medical officer grilled by angry lawmakers. Surgeon General Kiley is taken to task over care of injured soldiers," Baltimore Sun, March 8, 2007.
• Henry Allen, "Caste Out At Walter Reed," Washington Post, March 9, 2007.
• Hope Yen, "House Panel Told of Warnings About VA," Associated Press (Forbes), March 9, 2007.
• Steve Vogel and Renae Merle "Privatized Walter Reed Workforce Gets Scrutiny. Army Facility Lost Dozens Of Maintenance Workers," Washington Post, March 10, 2007.
• Tony Capaccio, "Army Medical Chief Quits as Walter Reed Fallout Grows (Update1)," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2007.
• Pauline Jelinek, "Army forces surgeon general out. Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley is latest official to lose job over Walter Reed fallout," Associated Press (Baltimore Sun), March 12, 2007.
• Josh White, "Surgeon General Of Army Steps Down," Washington Post, March 13, 2007.
• Bruce Leshan, "EXCLUSIVE: Major New Problems At Walter Reed," 9NEWS NOW/WUSA9.com (DC/VA/MD), March 16, 2007.
• Steve Peacock, "Pentagon Hires PR Firm to Put Spin on Soldier Healthcare Debacle", ThePeacockReport.com, March 24, 2007.