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Democrats blamed for ’under-funded’ Walter Reed Hospital
Jim Brown


A conservative U.S. Senator blames the problems plaguing the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., in large part on liberals in Congress who consistently vote to cut America’s national defense budget.

Last month, a Washington Post investigation exposed the existence of moldy and rodent-infested rooms in the Army’s top medical center. That report prompted the firing of the commander of Walter Reed, the resignation of Army Secretary Francis Harvey, and congressional hearings. The Army has also created a new post to help address problems at the military medical facility.

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe says the least understood thing about this scandal is that Walter Reed is not a veterans’ issue since it is an Army hospital. "It’s one that is not funded by veterans’ funds," he points out ; "and the very individuals, the liberals, the Democrats who are complaining right now about the problems that took place at Walter Reed — many of those problems are due to the fact that they’ve been so grossly under-funded — and these are the very individuals that vote against the defense budget enhancement every time."

Inhofe says many people are failing to understand Walter Reed is not a veterans’ issue because it is a military hospital that requires military funding. "So I think we need to make people aware that this is a national defense problem as much as it is a medical care problem," the senator says.

Former Senator Bob Dole and University of Miami President Donna Shalala have been appointed to lead a review of the nation’s military and veterans’ hospitals.