Both the Oversight Committee and Appropriations Committee are holding hearings today on the conditions at Walter Reed. Our troops and Veterans who fought for us on the battlefield should not have to fight their own government for the care they earned and deserve when they come home.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee, National Security Subcommittee
Field Hearing at Walter Reed, 10am EST
Check C-SPAN web site for webcast: http://www.c-span.org

Witness list:
Specialist Jeremy Duncan
Annette McLeod, Wife of Cpl. Wendell “Dell” McLeod
Staff Sgt. John Daniel Shannon
Lieutenant General Kevin C. Kiley, M.D., U.S. Army Surgeon General
Major General George W. Weightman, Commander (former), Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Ms. Cynthia A. Bascetta, Director, Health Care, U.S. Government Accountability Office
General Richard A. Cody, Vice Chief of Staff of the Army

Appropriations Committee, Defense Subcommittee Hearing on Walter Reed Infrastructure
2359 Rayburn House Office Building, 1:30pm EST
Webcast: http://appropriations.house.gov

Witness list:
General Peter Schoomaker, Army Chief of Staff
General Richard Cody, Army Vice Chief of Staff
General Kevin C. Kiley, M.D, Army Surgeon General

UPDATE: The Washington Post explains what will be scrutizined at the field hearing, as well as why this continued investigation is so necessary:

Walter Reed Hearing to Put Spotlight on Kiley’s Leadership
Josh White, Washington Post - March 5, 2007

‘It Is Just Not Walter Reed’
Anne Hull and Dana Priest, Washington Post - March 5, 2007

UPDATE: This afternoon’s Appropriations hearing on Walter Reed has been postponed due to the morning panel testimony extending into this afternoon. The hearing will be rescheduled.

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