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Army Secretary Resigns in Wake of Walter Reed Outpatient-Care
Shortfalls
By Kathleen T. Rhem
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, March 2, 2007 - Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates
announced this afternoon that he has accepted the resignation of
Army Secretary Francis J. Harvey in light of allegations of
shortfalls in care of outpatients at Walter Reed Army Medical
Center here.
Published reports in February shed light on shortcomings in
outpatient care for troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. Army
officials announced yesterday that the hospital commander, Maj.
Gen. George W. Weightman, had been relieved of duty.
In announcing that Harvey had resigned, Gates expressed
disappointment that Army leaders were not taking the situation
seriously enough.
Army officials announced after Gates' news conference that Maj.
Gen. Eric R. Schoomaker will be the new commander of Walter Reed
Army Medical Center and North Atlantic Regional Medical Command.
Schoomaker currently is the commanding general of the U.S. Army
Medical Research and Materiel Command at Fort Detrick, Md.
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