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That is an interesting take at CQ...but, notice it started by making you feel that the privatization was the problem, and HALLIBURTON (gasp) was mentioned...

However, when you read the whole thing...it wasn't the fault of the civilian contractor at all....it was the donut hole in the middle from the time the contract was awarded, and the work began.

I think you add to that...the BRAC findings that said the Walter Reed would be closing..and there was probably a reluctance on some of the Army people's part to ADD more positions and money to a facility that was slated to not only be taken over by a private company..but ultimately, be closed.

An aside: When I was pregnant with my daughter, I was told that if I went into labor before midnight of Feb. 28th, I was to go to the hospital that I was registered at..(this letter came about a month before her due date)...BUT, if I went into labor AFTER midnight on Feb. 29th...I was to go to a different hospital, in a different city, that I had never even been to.

As it turned out, my water broke on the 27th and so I went to the 1st hospital...but, when I got there (in the middle of the night)...they had NO LABOR rooms available, because since the Ob/Gyn part was closing they used them for storage.

I had to wait a few hours for them to clean one out...and in that time, 3 other women came in, in labor.

As it turned out, my daughter was the LAST ever born in that hospital...but, is just shows what could have been happening to a different extent at Walter Reed.

I saw on Fox New last night...an injured soldier that was at Walter Reed and is now at San Antonio..and San Antonio is a much newer facility...but he said the living conditions were very similar..and that he had no problem with them.

He said, "Hey they are barracks.." LOL

Did you notice that some of the people that Bush added to his Commission with Bob Dole, does have some troops that have been injured in this war...which is a great idea, IMHO>