Apologies, Anger at Walter Reed Hearing
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Senior commanders of the Army offered profuse apologies yesterday for the poor treatment accorded many soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, but lawmakers expressed skepticism that the generals had been unaware of the problems until they were spotlighted by the media two weeks ago.
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Department of Veterans Affairs doctors are furious over a recent decision by the Pentagon to block their access to medical information needed to treat severely injured troops arriving at VA hospitals from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The defense secretary's trip comes at a time when critics have accused him of being insensitive to the welfare of the troops.
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In a barely audible voice at a disciplinary hearing, Michael B. Nifong apologized to three former lacrosse players and their families.
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When the first congressional hearing about the care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center opens this morning in a campus auditorium, many eyes will turn to Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, who has served as the Army's top doctor since he gave up command of the hospital in 2004. The hearing...
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The prosecution's star witness in the Jose Padilla trial on terrorism-support charges apologized Tuesday after being admonished by the judge for speaking to CNN about the bomb investigation in Britain.
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A U.S. lawyer who flew to and from Europe with a perilous type of tuberculosis to continue with his wedding and honeymoon apologized in comments aired on Friday to passengers he put at risk of infection.
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CBS News apologized Monday for a "mistake in judgment" in its story questioning President Bush's National Guard service, claiming it was misled by the source of documents that several experts have dismissed as fakes.
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For the past three years, Michael J. Wagner directed the Army's largest effort to help the most vulnerable soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. His office in Room 3E01 of the world-renowned hospital was supposed to match big-hearted donors with thousands of wounded soldiers who could not afford to feed their children, pay mortgages, buy plane tickets or put up visiting families in nearby hotels....
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency's No. 2 official apologized yesterday for leading a staged news conference Tuesday in which FEMA employees posed as reporters while real reporters listened on a telephone conference line and were barred from asking questions.
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The former commander of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center and several soldiers who were treated there are slated to appear before a congressional committee on Monday as lawmakers probe poor conditions at part of the service's premier hospital.
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Flayed by lawmakers' criticism, Army leaders said Monday they accept responsibility for substandard conditions at the service's flagship Walter Reed Army Medical Center but also said they hadn't known about most of the problems.
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A doctors&#39; group apologized Friday after a report blamed a &quot;major systems failure&quot; for the death of a 41-year-old woman, in a case fueling debate about the much-criticised health care system.
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OSNABRUECK, Germany  - The judge in the court  martial of three British soldiers accused of abusing and  sexually humiliating Iraqi detainees urged public figures on  Thursday to avoid commenting on the case.
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A Pentagon review board investigating conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center heard testimony yesterday from injured soldiers and their families describing continued bureaucratic snafus and problems with patient treatment more than three weeks after such problems were disclosed in the media.
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Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired Army Secretary Francis Harvey on Friday as the Bush administration scrambled to respond to an outcry over poor treatment for veterans at the Army's top hospital.
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Francis J. Harvey was forced to resign over the handling of revelations that wounded soldiers were receiving shabby and slow treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.