Gen. Kiley knew about vets' outpatient scandal

Gen. Kiley knew about vets' outpatient scandal
Veterans groups told the Army surgeon general about the shockingly bad mental health treatment at Walter Reed two months before the latest expose, but there's no evidence he followed up.
By Mark Benjamin
Photo: AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta
U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley speaks to the press at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center complex Thursday, Feb. 22, 2007, in Washington.
Feb. 27, 2007 Though he has since dodged the question in a television interview, the officer in charge of medical care for the U.S. Army was told more than two months ago that the Army's outpatient medical care program was dysfunctional, yet he apparently took no action in response. The Army's outpatient services include the substandard treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that has been the subject of a number of recent articles in the Washington Post and a series of stories in Salon in 2005.