Lavish Going Away For Army Sec. Disgraced In Walter Reed Scandal

Think Progress March 9, 2007 05:57 PM

Army Secretary Francis Harvey resigned last week after the neglect and squalor at Walter Reed military hospital was exposed by the Washington Post.

Harvey not only oversaw these conditions, but chose to place Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley -- who had been personally aware for years about the problems and apparently done nothing -- back in control of the hospital. That decision was reversed days later by Defense Secretary Robert Gates.


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