OT: Where does the buck stop RE:Walter Reid Hospital scandal

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http://www.alaskareport.com/z45450.htm

Army surgeon general forced out amid Walter Reed scandal
March 12, 2007 Washington, D.C. - Fallout from the scandal
involving conditions at Walter Reed Medical Center continued
Monday, with what one senior Pentagon official said was the
firing of Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley from his position as surgeon
general of the Army.

Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren asked for Kiley's
resignation, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates approved
the action, the official said. But Kiley instead announced his
immediate retirement.

"I submitted my retirement because I think it is in the best
interest of the Army," Kiley said Sunday, according to the
Army's news release.

Kiley had been made temporary head of the army's premiere
medical institution after Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman
was ousted in the wake of a series in the Washington Post that
found soldiers living in deplorable conditions.

However, he was very quickly replaced by Gen. Eric Schoomaker
amid criticism that Kiley, who was head of Walter Reed before
Weightman, had been aware of the problems at the facility.

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Shouldn't the Comander in Chief bear some responsibility?

TC

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On Mar 12, 5:35 pm, "Jeff" <n...@googlemail.com> wrote:
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> > Army surgeon general forced out amid Walter Reed scandal
> > March 12, 2007 Washington, D.C. - Fallout from the scandal
> > involving conditions at Walter Reed Medical Center
> > continued Monday, with what one senior Pentagon official
> > said was the firing of Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley from his
> > position as surgeon general of the Army.
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> > Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren asked for Kiley's
> > resignation, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates
> > approved the action, the official said. But Kiley instead
> > announced his immediate retirement.
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> > "I submitted my retirement because I think it is in the
> > best interest of the Army," Kiley said Sunday, according
> > to the Army's news release.
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> > Kiley had been made temporary head of the army's premiere
> > medical institution after Army Maj. Gen. George W.
> > Weightman was ousted in the wake of a series in the
> > Washington Post that found soldiers living in deplorable
> > conditions.
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> > However, he was very quickly replaced by Gen. Eric
> > Schoomaker amid criticism that Kiley, who was head of
> > Walter Reed before Weightman, had been aware of the
> > problems at the facility.
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> > Shouldn't the Comander in Chief bear some responsibility?
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> > TC
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> Of course not. George Bush is the best President this
> country has ever seen.

Really? Hilarious. In 200 years, the US has never had a better
person in that office? That explains a whole lot.

> We are fighting an extremely important and just battle in
> Iraq. While the

Why is it important to be fighting in Iraq? Most of the
terrorists that have attacked the US are Saudis funded by
Saudis once based in Afghanistan.

> events concerning Walter Reed are unfortunate, it is
> irresponsible to blame the President. He has other things to
> worry about than the men and women who

Is he or is he not the Commander in Chief of the American
armed forces?

> are doing the actual fighting.
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> BTW, it is Major General Gale Pollock replaced Lt. Gen.
> Kiley. as Surgeon General of the Army. Gen. Eric Schoomaker
> is the head of Walter Reed Hospital (it wasn't quite clear
> who Schoomaker replaced).
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Don't they take orders from their commanders who eventually
take orders from the Commander in Chief? At what point and to
what degree do we hold the Commander in Chief responsible for
the actions of their underlings under orders from up high? He
said that soldiers must be afforded respect and support. Are
crippled and injured soldiers no longer soldiers, or no longer
heroes, to be abused and denied health support?

Do we blame Bush's underlings or Bush?

TC