[CPEO-IRF] Appropriators say keep Walter Reed (DC) open

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Appropriators Vote to Keep Walter Reed Open
House Committee's Action Could Reverse Base Closing Scheduled for 2011

By Steve Vogel
Washington Post Staff Writer
March 16, 2007

The House Appropriations Committee unanimously approved a measure 
yesterday that bars the closure of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, an 
action supporters say will reverse plans to shut the hospital in 2011.

The provision, attached to a bill with additional funding for the wars 
in Iraq and Afghanistan, blocks the use of any federal money to close 
Walter Reed.

Keeping open a base that has been chosen for closure by the Defense 
Department's Base Realignment and Closure Commission would be 
unprecedented. The system creating an independent commission to make 
such decisions was adopted by Congress to prevent political interference 
with base closures. But recent disclosures of serious problems with the 
long-term care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed have sparked calls in 
Congress and elsewhere to reverse the decision. Senior Army officials 
also suggested that the decision be reconsidered.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/15/AR2007031501968.html

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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