More Fallout from 'Wash Post' Probe of Veterans' Care

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NEW YORK Walter Reed Army Medical Center is investigating the former head of a program that aids injured soldiers.

The probe is into the activities of Michael J. Wagner, who until last month ran the Army's Medical Family Assistance Center, Army spokesman Paul Boyce said Tuesday. The center links businesses, charities and other donors with wounded troops who need financial help or families strained by living costs, air fares and other expenses when they come to Washington to visit or help care for injured soldiers.

The Washington Post - citing documents and interviews with current and former staff members at the assistance center - said Wagner was seeking funders and soliciting donations for a Dallas, Texas, charity at the same time he administered the Army program.

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003547813

[radfringe]

1. Our troops go into war without proper equipment

and when they come home wounded they don't receive proper treatment...

yet - Halliburton(et al) rakes in the money for their shoddy work...

and the bush misadministration is 'surprised'

gee, what's wrong with this picture?

[wakeme2008]

2. grrrrrrrr

from the article

"Wagner said the charity was founded by his brother and that he did not officially become its executive director until he left Walter Reed, according to the Post."