Help Waxman Put Walter Reed Head on Hotseat: "Why Has Mail Call Been Cancelled for Wounded Warrior?"

[CorpGovActivist]

Please read this, and then contact the House Oversight Committee to request that the hearing at Walter Reed on Monday morning address the "To Any Wounded Warrior" mail call cancellation: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x330631

http://oversight.house.gov/contact.asp

Please also contact your local/regional media to tip them off to this story, and to ask the following: "If the 'To Any Wounded Warrior' packages pose a security burden, why can't they be screened through the same facility that now screens Congressional mail?"

Best,

- Dave

P.S. If you live in/near a major metropolitan area, you might also suggest that your major paper send a rep from its Washington bureau to cover this hearing on Monday: http://oversight.house.gov/story.asp?ID=1195

Come on, DU! There is enough time to help catapult this story into a higher orbit, and raise national awareness.

[halobeam]

1. rec!!!!

[CorpGovActivist]

7. Google News Links So Far on Waxman, Walter Reed

I expect to see much more come Monday: http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&ned=us&q=waxman+%22walter+reed%22&ie=UTF-8&scoring=d

- Dave

[w8liftinglady]

8. thanks,man

I just got off of work and am too brain dead to do anything but absorb...keep up the fantastic job you are doing.

[CorpGovActivist]

9. I'm Tired of Hearing That Progressives Don't Care about Military Families...

... and I appreciate your recent posts, too.

Did you get the FedBizOpps stuff on the Walter Reed contracts?

: )

Best,

- Dave

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. K& R & DONE

Just sent the email to Rep. Waxman.

[CorpGovActivist]

3. Thank You!!! Participatory Democracy Rocks

Imagine the reaction once they're flooded with e-mails and voicemails this weekend...

... and imagine your reaction on Monday, when this issue gets raised in the hearing.

Participatory democracy is a wonderful thing.

- Dave

[CorpGovActivist]

4. A Quote from Fired Army Secretary, 2005: "Soldiers can rest assured..."

Soldiers can rest assured that I’ll be getting the resources that are needed for quality of life for themselves and their families, their Well-Being … and to ensure that they have the right equipment, the right training to provide the force protection, to provide the lethality they need – that is so important to the future of our country as well as the rest of the world.
<1/5/2005>

Francis J. Harvey – Secretary of the Army

http://www.armyfamiliesonline.org/skins/WBLO/display.aspx?AllowSSL=true&Mode=user&ModuleID=fe0b2188-1fe6-4db9-bb9d-e5b6e438134e

- Dave

[rodeodance]

5. K and R.

[CorpGovActivist]

6. Washington Post's Special Report Section on Walter Reed

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2007/02/21/LI2007022100671.html

FYI...

- Dave

[Laurab]

10. Will do ASAP and lets KICK and Recommend this thing

:kick:

C'mon DU!

[CorpGovActivist]

14. Latest Washington Post Article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/03/AR2007030301414.html?sub=AR

L, did you see this today?

- Dave

[Laurab]

18. I did now. I'm glad the WP is staying on top of this.

just wrote to Congressman Waxman & the Oversight Committee, too, hopefully not too late. Thanks for the link.

Keep up the good work and I hope you're doing well!

- Lori

[RamboLiberal]

11. K&R

Just logged in but will be checking this out tonight for sure and sending any emails I can to help.

[Hekate]

12. KnR. Thanks Dave, for keeping on top of these issues for us.

:hi:

Forward widely, DUers.

Hekate

[DemReadingDU]

13. morning kick

[halobeam]

15. afternoon kick

[Laurab]

16. Late night kick and reminder! n/t

[Gwerlain]

17. Good to see you.

I'll kick it, you've got plenty of recommendations or I'd do that too. Emails on the way. Thanks for bringing this out where we can see it.