By Caroline Daniel in Washington
The scandal over the conditions at Walter Reed, an army medical facility for wounded US soldiers from Iraq, claimed a third army casualty on Monday when Lieutenant General Kevin Kiley, the US army surgeon general, was asked to resign.
His resignation, demanded by senior Defence Department officials, follows the dismissals of Francis Harvey, army secretary, and Major General George Weightman, a commander at the army centre.
The three departures mark a notable shift by the Bush administration towards holding officials accountable for mistakes made under their command.
The swift departure of three of the most senior officials connected with Walter Reed also underlines how damaging the revelations by the Washington Post of conditions there have been to the administration, reviving an image of incompetent governance associated with its handling of Hurricane Katrina.
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This guy should be fired for allowing this to happen.
There is no excuse for any Soldier that has been wounded, or Veteran that has service connected disabilities to have to suffer in shoddy conditions.
Unacceptable.
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