Bush to form panel to review wounded soldiers' care
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Scrambling to answer an outcry over shoddy health care for U.S. soldiers wounded in Iraq, the White House announced on Friday that President George W. Bush will appoint a bipartisan commission to review health care for military veterans.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush, paying a bedside visit to soldiers wounded in Iraq, said yesterday that US troops leading the assault against insurgents in Fallujah were doing &quot;the hard work necessary for a free Iraq to emerge.&quot;
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The stateâs National Guard will be routinely screened for traumatic brain injuries after serving in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Top officials in the Bush administration and on Capitol Hill said yesterday that the federal government must move quickly to revamp the nation's system for identifying and caring for military personnel with the invisible wounds of mental illness.
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A US government commission looking into the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in Iraq is set to  publish its findings.
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President George W. Bush will address a war-weary American public next week to "lay out a vision" for the U.S. role in Iraq as he tries to sell his strategy in the wake of a crucial report to Congress.
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A presidential panel said yesterday that it is compiling a first-of-its-kind national survey to determine scientifically the extent of health-care problems for veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
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The proposals would pull apart a convoluted system that gave both the Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs authority over determining benefits and care provided to injured soldiers.
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A bipartisan, independent panel studying the war in Iraq presented its findings this morning to President Bush, who said he would take their ideas Âvery seriouslyÂ and act on them Âin a timely fashion.Â
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President Bush today ordered a "comprehensive review" of care for wounded service members and announced that he is setting up a new bipartisan commission to conduct it, as the administration sought to deal with reports of festering problems in outpatient care at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
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The Bush administration said on Tuesday problems in the treatment of wounded U.S. war veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan need to be fixed, after reports that many face neglect in the Army's medical system.
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President George W. Bush on Thursday directed the Health and Human Services Department to establish a task force to plan for potential catastrophes like a terrorist attack, pandemic influenza or a natural disaster where there would be a large number of casualties, the White House said on Thursday.
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Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON &#8212; As he leaves the Capitol after taking the oath of office Jan. 20, President Bush is expected to exercise a familiar presidential prerogative &#8212; reviewing the troops.
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President Bush said Wednesday that the bipartisan panel he named to investigate problems at the nation's military and veterans hospitals would work to restore confidence in the system of caring for wounded U.S. troops and helping them move back into military or civilian life.
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At a key juncture in the Iraq war, the military chiefs conveyed to President Bush on Friday their concern about a growing strain on troops and their families from long and repeated combat tours.
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British lawmakers said Tuesday they will hold a formal inquiry on the treatment of wounded troops, amid reports that soldiers injured in Iraq and Afghanistan are receiving shoddy care on their return home.
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The Bush administration plans to cut funding for veterans' health care two years from now &#151; even as badly wounded troops returning from Iraq could overwhelm the system.