Latest on Waxman's Hearing into Walter Reed/Privatization (Waxman Signed a Subpoena)

[CorpGovActivist]

http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1195

Friday, March 02, 2007

Former Head of Walter Reed Hospital to Testify Before National Security Subcommittee

Chairman Henry A. Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman John Tierney sent a letter to Major General George W. Weightman, former Commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, regarding the privatization of support services at Walter Reed and its impact on the conditions at Walter Reed. In addition, Chairman Waxman signed a subpoena to compel Major General Weightman's testimony at the Subcommittee’s March 5 hearing, but the subpoena was not served when new Acting Secretary of the Army Peter Geren authorized General Weightman to testify before the Committee without compulsory process.

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

Documents and Links
Letter to Major General George W. Weightman
Internal Walter Reed Memo Identifying Problems
Media Advisory on Hearing at Walter Reed Hospital
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FYI...

Best to all,

- Dave

[DemReadingDU]

1. To be televised on CSpan 1, 10am, Monday 3/5/07

http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp?timeid=212039829991

[CorpGovActivist]

5. For Those Who Worried the Soldiers Would Be Squelched...

... this has now reached critical mass.

: )

- Dave

[caligirl]

18. Good/ thanks.

[bobbolink]

2. Happy to be the 5th!

:toast:

[CorpGovActivist]

6. Hey!

Hope you're doing well!

- Dave

[bobbolink]

23. I thought you fell off the face of the earth!

:hi:

Still trying to percolate ideas.....

No wonder my head hurts. :) :) :)

"dance-with-me-Henry" bobbolink :toast:

[BeHereNow]

3. Happy Friday Dave! Recommended, as always!

GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Waxman and
thank you Dave for keeping us informed.
:toast:
BHN

[CorpGovActivist]

7. Thanks!

Waxman has proven, yet again, that he can organize something like this quickly, efficiently, and effectively.

He has a tremendous staff, folks!

- Dave

[BeHereNow]

11. Shouldn't we (DU) send thank you letters? Flowers or something to him and his staff?

Methinks we should...
BHN

[CorpGovActivist]

12. Absolutely! They Need All the Encouragement...

... we can rally for them: http://oversight.house.gov/contact.asp

- Dave

[BeHereNow]

13. Thanks!

Will DU.
BHN

[bobbolink]

24. Toll-free Capitol Hill numbers: 800-828-0498, 800-459-1887, 800-614-2803

Use 'em, and be sure to thank his staff, too!

Without a great staff, he wouldn't be able to do all that he's doing.

:toast:

[bobbolink]

25. Here's another toll-free number: 1-877-851-6437

where's that phone emoticon when you need it?

:bounce:

Keep these numbers handy, pleeeeez, and give 'em out to everyone you know.

We all need to make more use of 'em.... :hi:

[spanone]

4. Amen, this is the root problem, not these commanders they are firing. IMO

[CorpGovActivist]

9. Fraudulent Charges for Work Not Done...

... could help revamp privatization and Government contracting practices.

- Dave

P.S. Think any of the military families have video footage they saved?

[Laurab]

8. Should be most interesting! KnR

Glad he's getting some practice with the subpoena signing!

Hi Dave - tell IdesofMystery I miss him, wherever he is!

[CorpGovActivist]

10. Agreed...

... and will do.

- Dave

[mod mom]

14. Ah...OVERSIGHT + ACCOUNTABILITY, gotta love it. GO WAXMAN!

[CorpGovActivist]

15. And Subpoenas...

... signed by someone who means business.

- Dave

[mod mom]

16. Love those subpoenas, and I hope the ones going out to the thugs in my

state that deserve them for stealing the election '04 will be coming out in the near future!

Here's some folks down my way that need to answer a few questions (in case anyone is interested):

J kenneth blackwell
bob ney (on both HAVA, electronic voting and his ties to Iran/ Brewster Jenning/Counter proliferation
mark radke (diebold)
vu
damschroeder
bernadette noe as well as tom noe
bennett
Triad employees

It is a monumental task to subpoena as many folks as there are that need to be put under oath.

[CorpGovActivist]

22. Blackwell's Campaign Contributions...

... reveal some interesting connections.

; )

- Dave

[MANative]

17. This got some airtime on Wolf Blitzer's show

at 7PM ET today. Good to see it getting a little coverage!

[CorpGovActivist]

19. Notice the Media Advisory...

... on the page linked to in the OP.

- Dave

[Rex]

20. Chomp!

Henry just took a bite out of crime! :yourock:

[CorpGovActivist]

21. How to Look up the Privatized Contracts

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x327987

- Dave