BREAKING: Kevin Kiley has submitted resignation request.

[doxieone]

MSNBC: Walter Reed scandal.

No link yet.

Edit: Still looking for link.


EDIT: Link

http://www.army.mil/-newsreleases/2007/03/12/2216-army-surgeon-general-submits-retirement-request/

[AndyA]

1. Good riddance, asshole.

You know what they say about the door upon exiting...

[jean]

2. who is Kevin Kiley?

[Poiuyt]

7. Army surgeon general. See this:

http://americablog.blogspot.com/2007/03/why-is-urine-man-still-army-surgeon.html

[jean]

8. Ah, thanks.

[Exultant Democracy]

29. He should report to duty in Iraq and hope that he gets better care from the next guy

then he would have from himself after Bush gets him blown up.

[Robbien]

3. Mr. Pee King himself

Good. But even if this is true, the next guy from the Bush bunch will probably be just as bad. There are no good guys in the Bush bunch.

[Raven]

4. Is this the guy

who lives in the big mansion across the street from WR but doesn't tours of wards?

[doxieone]

5. Yep.

He da one.

[lovuian]

6. Underlings fall for their master

Your expendable with Bush

You play with Bush and your going to get burned

Rumsfeld
Libby
Brown
Riley
Aschcroft

Delay

[bdamomma]

9. they conduct themselves like a crime family.

[saigon68]

23. They are a Crime Family with a Chimpanzee as a Front Man

[ClayZ]

10. May that list go forth and multiply! K and R

[lebkuchen]

25. Stars & Stripes had a letter on that note...rather depressing..."it's too late"

an excerpt:

Problem lies with leadership

...One of our great past presidents once stated that “The buck stops here.” It appears that our present leadership does not know this term. This leadership, from top to the lower levels, has its own personal agenda, which does not take into consideration how others are affected as their personal agenda is pursued.

Normally, a personal agenda is not planned adequately because, had conflict been adequately planned, they would have accounted for the peripheral supplies, training and infrastructural requirements that needed funding or manning.

Firing the responsible secretary and major general at this point is much too late. This personal agenda mind-set has flowed downhill to the leadership at all levels. These senior “leaders” have been promoted by their respective leaders because they hid the truth, painted pretty pictures of a bad situation or refused to provide top leadership with the real bad news. Our top leaders don’t want to hear that things cannot be accomplished. They just want them accomplished and not be told how it was done. As a result, they can look you straight in the eye and tell you that they knew nothing about the peripheral tragedies, as in the case of Walter Reed.

Some heads always roll. This is a risk our “yes” people face, when someone takes the system to court as finally was done with Walter Reed.

http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=125&article=44242

[Monkeyman]

11. Shana Shana Good Bye

[maddezmom]

12. CNN link here

Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley resigns amid Walter Reed scandal
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley has resigned as head of Walter Reed Medical Center and is retiring from the Army, the Pentagon said Monday.

Kiley had been made temporary head of the institution after Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman was ousted in the wake of a series in the Washington Post that found soldiers living in deplorable conditions. --CNN's Jamie McIntyre contributed to this story (Posted 12:26 p.m.)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/12/monday/index.html

[maddezmom]

15. CNN: Official: Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley fired amid Walter Reed scandal

Official: Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley fired amid Walter Reed scandal
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley has been fired from his position as head of Walter Reed Medical Center, a senior Pentagon official told CNN Monday.

Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren asked for Kiley's resignation, and Secretary of Defense Robert Gates approved the action, the official said.

In its official announcement, the army said Kiley had retired.

Kiley had been made temporary head of the army's premiere medical institution after Army Maj. Gen. George W. Weightman was ousted in the wake of a series in the Washington Post that found soldiers living in deplorable conditions.

Kiley, Army surgeon general and commanding general of Army Medical Command, submitted his request to retire on Sunday, the Army said in a news release. Deputy Surgeon General Maj. Gen. Gale Pollock assumed the duties of the surgeon general. --CNN's Jamie McIntyre contributed to this story (Posted 12:41 p.m.)

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/03/12/monday/index.html

[rodeodance]

22. not resigned---but FIRED. (i so want to fire BUSH)

[maddezmom]

26. But I'm sure he'll keep all his benefits

:mad:

[yellowcanine]

13. Oh well, I am sure it was completely his idea......

:sarcasm:

I guess this means the attempt to pin the blame on lower level employees, the media, and the soldiers themselves has pretty much failed.

[VegasWolf]

14. Buh Bye you fu**king ASSHOLE!!!! Go pee in your own bed. nt

[thereismore]

16. Thank God there is some justice! nt

[Stinky The Clown]

17. Awwwwwww ..... we're gunna miss that boy .......

.... see ya around ...... asshole.

[electron_blue]

18. I thought he already resigned

[LSK]

28. no, that was the other guy

The guy who was in charge for only 6 months. Kiley was there before him and most agree the bad practices happened under him.

[LSK]

19. Good

[w4rma]

20. Absolutely fantastic. (nt)

[Demeter]

21. Quite A Revolving Door Over at Walter Reed

Send anyone you're tired of to run it, watch them flame out and die. Hospital as an all-purpose garbage disposal for troops and brass alike. How gruesome.

[louis-t]

24. "You can't fire me, I quit!"

"You can't quit, you're fired!" Jeez.

[ticapnews]

27. But he was doing a heckuva job.

[0rganism]

32. Heckuva job, Kiley, heckuva job

Soon to be the next Fox News Military and Medical Analyst!

[OnceUponTimeOnTheNet]

30. k&r

[Monkeyman]

31. Its posted on Veterans sites now

http://www.vawatchdog.org

[Sydnie]

33. Army's Kiley ousted in Walter Reed furor - Yahoo Headline

WASHINGTON - Army Surgeon General Kevin C. Kiley abruptly stepped down under pressure from military superiors, the third top Army official forced out in the fallout from revelations of shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

The Army said Monday that Lt. Gen. Kiley had submitted a request to retire over the weekend. Acting Army Secretary Pete Geren had asked Kiley for his retirement, said a senior defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk about the events.

<snip>

In a statement released by the Army, Kiley said, "I submitted my retirement because I think it is in the best interest of the Army." He said he wanted to allow officials to "focus completely on the way ahead."

"We have failed to meet our own standards at Walter Reed. For that, I'm both personally and professionally sorry," he said last week.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070312/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/walter_reed

[Ian David]

34. He wants to spend more time forcing his family to lie in their own feces? n/t