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Article: WALTER REED'S CHIEF REPLACED.(News)
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- The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH)
- Article date:
- March 2, 2007
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Byline: Steve Vogel and William Branigin , Washington Post
WASHINGTON -- The commander of Walter Reed Army Medical Center was fired Thursday after the Army said it had lost trust and confidence in his leadership in the wake of a scandal over outpatient treatment of wounded troops at the hospital complex in Northwest Washington.
Army Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who assumed command of Walter Reed in August, will be temporarily replaced by Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley. But the appointment of Kiley, who had been the facility's commander before Weightman, surprised some Defense Department officials because soldiers, their families and veterans' advocates have ...