Monday, March 12, 2007

Army Surgeon General Kiley Submits Request for Retirement

Fox News is reporting the Army's top medical official, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, submitted his request for retirement to Pentagon officials today. Before becoming the Army's surgeon general, he was the top official in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington...

DoD - American Forces Press Service reports it this way... Army Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, the service's surgeon general who has been under fire for shortcomings in outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center here, submitted his request to retire from the Army yesterday. Army Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, current deputy surgeon general, immediately assumed the surgeon general's duties, Army officials announced today. Published reports in February shed light on shortcomings in outpatient care for troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey resigned March 2 over the same matters, and Walter Reed Commander Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman was relieved March 1st...
(Army File Photo)
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And the heads keep rolling over the Walter Reed mess...
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