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The Army psychiatrist suspected of carrying a shooting rampage at Fort Hood, Texas, had come to the attention of authorities six months ago because of Internet postings that discussed suicide bombings and other threats, law enforcement officials said Thursday.
A Walter Reed Army Medical Center worker and his wife were charged Thursday with conspiring to sell sensitive technology to China.
President-elect Barack Obama is visiting wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Barack Obama stopped by Walter Reed Army Medical Center Saturday to visit wounded war veterans, a group that he has said endures substandard care under the Bush administration.
Sensitive information on about 1,000 patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals was exposed in a security breach, sparking identity theft concerns and an investigation by the Army.
The Washington Post won six Pulitzer Prizes on Monday — the most in its history — including awards for its coverage of the Virginia Tech massacre and a series exposing shoddy treatment of America's war wounded at Walter Reed hospital.
Sen. Robert Byrd of West Virginia was hospitalized Tuesday after complaining of back pain following a fall at his home, his spokesman said.
President Bush visited wounded U.S. troops on Thursday and praised the treatment they're receiving at Walter Reed Army Medical Center where shoddy conditions prompted him to create a presidential panel earlier this year on veterans care.
A two-star general who was fired as the head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center amid reports of shoddy treatment of wounded soldiers will oversee U.S. biological weapons defense research as commander of Fort Detrick, the Army said Tuesday.
War veterans who have lost a limb will relearn tasks like shooting a weapon, driving a car or rappelling down a cliff at a new rehabilitation center opening at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
President Bush apologized Friday for the shoddy conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and promised during a visit to the facility for war veterans that "we're going to fix the problem."
In the latest allegations of poor treatment for veterans, the Pentagon said Thursday it is investigating conditions at a veterans' retirement home in the capital.
President Bush says the nation needs to make sure wounded troops receive "the best" care. Bush met today with the newly-appointed members of a bipartisan presidential commission that will look into the scandal over shoddy outpatient care at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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.
An Arizona congressman said Saturday that mold-covered walls, rodent infestations and other problems uncovered recently at Walter Reed Army Medical Center reveal "a catastrophic failure of leadership" by the Bush administration.
Army officials will visit 11 bases in seven states to study outpatient care, building conditions and the information provided to patients, the Army said Tuesday following revelations about problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Democrats are using the uproar over Walter Reed Army Medical Center as their latest cudgel to batter President Bush for his Iraq war policies as the administration shows signs it fears political damage from the revelations.
Lawmakers say they want to know why U.S. troops returning from combat are being stuck in dilapidated housing and battling excessive red tape to get medical care.
It began with reports of mice and moldy plaster, but after two weeks of outrage, the scandal over poor conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center has claimed several careers — including the secretary of the Army's.
The Army on Thursday fired the general in charge of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, saying he was the wrong person to fix embarrassing failures in the treatment of war-injured soldiers that have soiled the institution's reputation as a first-class hospital.
Discredited Research Study Stuns an Ex-Army Doctor's ColleaguesRomney C. Andersen, a Walter Reed Army Medical Center surgeon, was surprised last summer when his neighbor, a fellow doctor, congratulated him on a new medical journal study bearing his name. "What study?" Dr. Andersen asked.
General fired from Walter Reed revolving to Fort Detrick to oversee U.S. biological weapons defense researchHAGERSTOWN - The two-star general who was fired as the head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center amid reports of shoddy treatment of wounded soldiers has regained favor and will oversee U.S.
Stephen Colbert's cast to go up on eBay tonightAfter tonight's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert will put his cast up for auction on eBay. Colbert broke his wrist in June while running around his set before the show began.
Senators Push Disability Boost for VetsResponding to shabby treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a group of senators moved on Wednesday to boost disability pay to those hurt in combat and improve care for brain injury.
At U.S. military hospitals, 'everybody is overworked'The Army's acting surgeon general says the situation here illustrates the challenge the service faces nationwide in keeping health care promises that were made to soldiers when they enlisted.
Robert J. Elisberg: Bad "Faith"The Bush administration has made a mockery of faith. Of laws. Of the presidency. Of war. Of science. Of fairness. Of the Constitution. Of the nation. Much attention has been paid to the breadth of Justice Department memos about firing U.S.
Scandals mean rough waters ahead for BushPresident George W Bush, already hard hit by the unpopular Iraq war, has been hurt by a chain of scandals in recent weeks, and more pain is yet to come as a clash over Iraq in Congress looms.
Fred Gardner: Cannabis for the WoundedScreaming Chris Mathews and the corporate media would have us believe that it's only the living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that are deplorable, not the medical care itself. Donna Shalala and Bob Dole have been assigned to investigate the situation.
Bennet Kelley: Colin Powell, Where Have You Gone?You stood tall as a paragon of much of what was best in America - integrity, duty, hard work and opportunity; towering over the political landscape just as the World Trade Center once soared over lower Manhattan.
Steve Chapman: Remember Bush's vow of integrity?So now we have confirmation that Vice President Dick Cheney's chief assistant set out to discredit former Ambassador Joseph Wilson by secretly telling reporters his wife worked for the CIA -- and then repeatedly lied about it during a federal criminal investigation.
Shelley Lewis: Rummy's Privatized Obsession and the Walter Reed ScandalWe should all be pleased that Army Secretary Francis Harvey has been forced out, and that General Kevin Kiley is no longer the temporary commander at Walter Reed, replacing General George Weightman.
Alia Malek: Army Tries to Spin Walter Reed Story, Gets Bitten in the AssThe articles on Walter Reed Army Medical Center that ran last week in both the Washington Post and the Army Times revealed a shameful reality awaiting wounded soldiers returning from Iraq.
Top general quits over army hospital scandalThe Secretary of the Army resigned yesterday in a widening scandal over the shoddy treatment of Iraq war veterans at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, the premier U.S. military hospital.
Walter Reed patients told to keep quietSoldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center's Medical Hold Unit say they have been told they will wake up at 6 a.m.
Soldiers Face Neglect, Frustration At Army's Top Medical Facility Behind the door of Army Spec. Jeremy Duncan's room, part of the wall is torn and hangs in the air, weighted down with black mold. When the wounded combat engineer stands in his shower and looks up, he can see the bathtub on the floor above through a rotted hole.
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