June 15, 2007

walter-reed-hospital AP Via Yahoo:

Turns out the trouble at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the focus of a firestorm of criticism over poor treatment of wounded war veterans, reached into the mailroom.

The Army said Friday that it has opened an investigation into the recent discovery of 4,500 letters and parcels — some dating to May 2006 — at Walter Reed that were never delivered to soldiers.

And it fired the contract employee who ran the mailroom. Read more...

What is it with the Bush Administration and contractors? The Republicans have always decried big government and how poorly it functions, but in the past six years they have certainly proven that corporations and contractors are far worse.

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