Pentagon tries to block testimony by Walter Reed chief.
By on Mar 2nd, 2007 at 6:45 pm
Pentagon tries to block testimony by Walter Reed chief.
Rep. Henry Waxman (D-CA) “is challenging the Pentagon, which is attempting to block the former chief of Walter Reed Army Medical Center from testifying before Congress next week.” Waxman wants to ask Maj. Gen. George Weightman about a contract to manage the medical center awarded to a company that had documented troubles fulfilling a contract to aid Hurricane Katrina victims. Waxman’s staff has confirmed the congressman has issued his first subpoena to legally compel Weightman’s testimony.
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Let’s not let them get away with another cover up. Call your congresscritters everyday. We can do this.
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:51 pmCover-up! sweep it under the rug!
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:52 pmhmmm, from the article linked:
why does it not supprise me in the least that Cheney’s name and Halliburton pop up in relation to this fiasco?
March 2nd, 2007 at 6:53 pmUnder every moldy rug we turn up, there’s Halliburton, sucking our wallets dry.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:03 pmOK, that’s what you get with Henry frickin’ Waxman running the committee, people. Subpoenas and forced accountability. It’s about time!
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:05 pmIt’s the “Halliburton” way to do business.
No compete contracts, big bully tactics and bloated bottom lines.
YOU GOTTA PROBLEM WIT DAT???
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:08 pmIAP Worldwide Services is/was run by a Halliburton crony. No f’n wonder it is screwed up. Profit and profiteering over honest service.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:18 pmIt’s supposed to be a parody.
Would be funnier if it were not the truth.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:22 pmthis what Privatization’ll get you, disrepair,vermin and cockaaroaches
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:26 pmSo, where are all the trolls who were spouting about how socialized healthcare caused this problem and that privatization would solve it?
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:29 pmIf Henry had hair on his head like he has on his ass he could be President. Give ‘em Hell Henry, you is d’ man!
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:33 pmfrom the Army Times:
….the Defense Department “systemically†tried to replace federal workers at Walter Reed with private companies for facilities management, patient care and guard duty – a process that began in 2000.
…“But the push to privatize support services there accelerated under President Bush’s ‘competitive sourcing’ initiative, which was launched in 2002†.
…..They also found that more than 300 federal employees providing facilities management services at Walter Reed had drooped to fewer than 60 by Feb. 3, 2007, the day before IAP took over facilities management. IAP replaced the remaining 60 employees with only 50 private workers.
March 2nd, 2007 at 7:42 pm….IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.
I want to privatize Chaney’s privates, dress him in some sexy Victoria’s Secret drag (like Ms.Rove wears at home) and pimp him out on the streets of East Bagdag where they would love his rosy ass. Bet that would wipe that ugly smirk off his face and replace it with sweet smiles the likes of which we have never seen on Dickless. I will send the proceeds to refurbish the war wounded’s lodgings at Walter Reed.
March 2nd, 2007 at 8:36 pmGo Waxman! Put these bastards’s feet to the fire!
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:16 pmHello my name is Valiant Penus and I will be the atturney for the government on this one. Exlaxley will be my co-counsel. I am sorry but we cannot allow this testimony and will move to sqaush this subpenis on the grounds that his testimony would give aid and comfort to the enemy by letting them know we treat our own soldiers like sh1t. I beleive there is is signifigant caselaw in our favor, but then again I also beleive angels speak to me after i’ve smoked meth all night, perphaps I’m impeaching my own credibility a bit.
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:31 pmThis is actually a brilliant strategy by waxman.. these fookers are always screaming about “YOU DONT SUPPORT THE TROOPS”.. now here is an enormously politically profitable opportunity to show the cuntry what hipocrties they are…
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:39 pmPut them all in jail. Cheney, Bush, Barbarian Bill, Mann Coulter
March 2nd, 2007 at 10:50 pmGet those SUBPOENAS A FLYIN’, Representative Waxman!!!!! Bring Bushland Uber Allies TO ITS KNEES!!!!!
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:35 pmPatrick? Little Patrick1Note? Where are you? Come and extoll the virtues of privatization to us, Patrick.
This is just so perfect. We just had Patrick1 telling us the other day that the fix for all the problems at Walter Reed is privatization. Close but not quite, Patrick. Privatization was the CAUSE OF THE PROBLEMS THERE!!!
Imbecile.
March 2nd, 2007 at 11:52 pmDefinately not enough of these criminals going to jail. I’ll be writing my leaders every week. Count on it.
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:13 amI’m not trying to hijack this post with off-topic stuff but I heard something this morning on Howard Stern that completely shocked me (and it had nothing to do with his usual toilet humor). They had a re-run show from November of 1994 when Newt was speaker of the house. Stern was complaining about Gingrich because, aparently the breaking news at the time, Newt was publicly bashing the former Speaker for allegedly having issues with young boys. That speaker was Tom Foley. TOM FOLEY. Funny, I don’t remember anyone bringing this issue up during the Foley scandal last year, and why isn’t Newt up on charges of child endangerment if he knew this was going on so long ago? He knew about Foley in 1994!!!
March 3rd, 2007 at 12:25 amThis is the crime against our own. This is a crime that must be addressed and the Urine man most be removed now. This administration is sick!
March 3rd, 2007 at 3:51 amAkmaydjinedjad visits Saudi-Arabia; Shiites only 15% of Muslim population; new sanctions already concrete
March 3rd, 2007 at 8:46 amWaxman is doing a great job. Americans must know of all the dirt and dirty tricks of the GOP and this administration.
If the GOP had stolen the 2006 mid-terms as they did the 2000 and 2004 presidential elections we would be on the road to ruin – even worse than we are now.
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:20 am*
did you see this? … good links:
BREAKING: Did Privatization at Walter Reed Put Troops at Risk?
By: SilentPatriot @ 3:51 PM – PST
Why would the Army fire the well-respected Gen. Weightman? They say it’s because they lost trust and confidence in him. It would appear, however, that it’s because they don’t want him testifying about the privatization that led to the terrible conditions at Walter Reed. Henry Waxman is trying to get to the bottom of it. And what would cronyism in Bush’s government be without…wait for it…Halliburton. (h/t Strawberry)
VIDEO UPDATE: CNN is calling the privitization memo a potential smoking gun in the scandal
March 3rd, 2007 at 11:21 am[...]
http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/03/02/breaking-did-privatization-at-walter-reed-put-troops-at-risk/
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#20 Isn’t this guys name Mark Foley not Tom Foley?
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March 3rd, 2007 at 1:04 pmComment by katy #24
Feb. 3, 2007, the day before IAP took over facilities management. IAP replaced the remaining 60 employees with only 50 private workers.
IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.
Comment by . #12
Yeah katy…
…I heard this company (and Al Neffgen) are the same company that couldn’t get ice and water to the Gulf Coast Region following the spate of hurricanes that hit Fla., Ala., Miss., and La…
…and yet these sons-of-bi*ches were awarded a $120 million dollar contract for the Walter Reed mess…
…How can ANYONE NOT see that Bush, Cheney, Halliburton, Carlyle Group and all of the other corporate “PRIVATIZATION” PUSHERS…
…are ROBBING us blind?
March 3rd, 2007 at 6:15 pmAh, the famed Halliburton connection. These “free market” crooks have a hand in everything and make tons of money and screw the GI’s. I hope Henry Waxman exposes this corrupt profiteering bunch good. It doesn’t surprise me that they got caught, but I believe this has been going on for quiet some time and finally a news article exposed it AGAIN.
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March 4th, 2007 at 6:06 pm[...] Pentagon, rather than admit that this whole privatization thing is a washout, is trying to block testimony by the former chief of Walter Reed, Maj. Gen. George Weightman. As a result, Henry Waxman has [...]
March 5th, 2007 at 9:04 amPrivatization=STEALING
It’s the Truth;Read it & weep.
March 5th, 2007 at 3:03 pm[...] Pentagon, rather than admit that this whole privatization thing is a washout, is trying to block testimony by the former chief of Walter Reed, Maj. Gen. George Weightman. As a result, Henry Waxman has [...]
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