Waxman's Committee Subpoenas Former Head of Walter Reed Hospital to Testify

[seafan]

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1195">Committee Subpoenas Former Head of Walter Reed Hospital to Testify

Friday, March 02, 2007

Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman John Tierney sent a letter to Major General George W. Weightman, former Commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, regarding the privatization of support services at Walter Reed and its impact on the conditions at Walter Reed. In addition, the Committee is issuing a subpoena to compel Major General Weightman to appear before the Committee on Monday, March 5.

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[Tuesday_Morning]

1. Attaboy, Congressman...

K & R

[hlthe2b]

2. Waxman is worth his weight in gold...

[Tuesday_Morning]

3. Lt. Gen. Kevin "The Urine Man" Kiley will testify Monday too

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1195

:popcorn:

[burrowowl]

4. K&R

Go Waxman! He is like a bulldog, he won't let go!

[Heidi]

5. Kick.

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[Ilsa]

6. Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/Weightmansubpoena/

Front page if you get "AWOL" message because you aren't registered:
http://www.armytimes.com/

I hope this isn't old gouge.

Committee subpoenas former Walter Reed chief
By Kelly Kennedy - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Mar 2, 2007 18:51:46 EST

The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after Army officials refused to allow him to testify before the committee Monday.

Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and subcommittee Chairman John Tierney asked Weightman to testify about an internal memo (from Garrison Commander Peter Garibaldi to Weightman) that showed privatization of services at Walter Reed could put “patient care services" at risk of mission failure.”

But Army officials refused to allow Weightman to appear before the committee after he was relieved of command.

“The Army was unable to provide a satisfactory explanation for the decision to prevent General Weightman from testifying,” committee members said in a statement today.

The committee wants to learn more about a letter written in September by Garrison Commander Peter Garibaldi to Weightman.

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The article goes on to report about precipitous drops in support personnel at Walter Reed. The privitization involves a $120 million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official (gee, who-da-guessed?), and how Bush's* "competitive sourcing" was screwing everything up.

Here is a link to the letter to Gen. Weightman from Congressman Waxman:
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/070302weightman.pdf
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/070302weightman.pdf

[babylonsister]

7. This is going to be HUGH!!1! nt

[Ilsa]

9. Geez, I hope we can run the incompetency all the way to the top!

“But the push to privatize support services there accelerated under President Bush’s ‘competitive sourcing’ initiative, which was launched in 2002,” the letter states.

The screw-ups are largely due to the little dictator wanting to shift wealth to his and Cheney's buddies.

[UrbScotty]

10. Are you series? (nt)

[Monkeyman]

12. DOD is trying to stop this cold

[babylonsister]

13. I don't think that is doable at this point; there's way too much public

interest now; people want answers. DoD won't be able to stop this train wreck.

[Ilsa]

22. Geez, I want Rumsfeld arrested for this shit. nt

[BleedingHeartPatriot]

8. Rapid response. GOP would not have even mentioned WR. Ever.

MKJ

[Ilsa]

11. Getting a Democratic Congress means everything in getting

the secrets and incompetency out in the open! This would never have been looked at under the one-party rule we had from 2002 to 2006.

[peacetalksforall]

14. Job Opportunity - Walter Reed Army Medical Center

http://www.iapws.com/who/contact.aspx

IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
2231 Crystal Drive, Suite 1113
Arlington, VA 22202
Main Phone: [phone]
Main Fax: [phone]
Contacts:

Dave Swindle, President
Craig Peterson, Senior Vice President,
Major Programs
Chuck Dominy, Vice President,
Government Affairs
Kent Brostrom, Vice President and General Counsel
If you are interested in learning about employment opportunities at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, please call 202-356-1012 ext. 40597.

(I also just posted this on another thread. - Seems appropriate here, also)

Privatized contract went to IAP Worldwide Services - from their site.

[Ilsa]

21. Oh, how rich! The IAP's main man is named "Swindle"? nt

[ralps]

15. The Army times article has gone AWOL! I wonder if they were asked to pull

the article? :hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :shrug:

[babylonsister]

16. There's a way to hold onto the link but I don't know how. You can read the

story here:

http://www.armytimes.com/

[Ilsa]

17. You may have to register to read the whole article. Here is the front page:

http://www.armytimes.com/

[ralps]

19. I can get to it from the front page but not from your link???

:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :shrug:

[Ilsa]

20. Yeah, my link works for registered users.

But not for casual readers, I guess. I've never had any trouble from registering/logging on to Army Times. It's fun reading the polls sometimes.

[VegasWolf]

18. If the Reptillians were still in charge this clown would still have his job!! nt

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23. what a bunch of damned crooks

using our soldiers and abusing them and not caring for them! Shame on them! :mad:

Good for the Army Times! Support our troops by helping them to expose these ugly heinous treasonous lies!

a :kick: for the troops! :patriot: