Walter Reed Privatized By Halliburton Subsidiary

[Psychoblues]

It all comes home. In a casket, a gurney or in a basket.


The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after Army officials refused to allow him to testify before the committee Monday.

Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and subcommittee Chairman John Tierney asked Weightman to testify about an internal memo that showed privatization of services at Walter Reed could put "patient care services... at risk of mission failure." ...

The memorandum "describes how the Army's decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was causing an exodus of 'highly skilled and experienced personnel,'" the committee's letter states. "According to multiple sources, the decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed led to a precipitous drop in support personnel at Walter Reed."

The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.

They also found that more than 300 federal employees providing facilities management services at Walter Reed had drooped to fewer than 60 by Feb. 3, 2007, the day before IAP took over facilities management. IAP replaced the remaining 60 employees with only 50 private workers.


More: ARMY TIMES!!! http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/Weightmansubpoena

I can’t even think in the light of this revelation and statement of FACT!!!!!!!!

[trobinett]

Psycho posts:

I can’t even think in the light of this revelation and statement of FACT!!!!!!!!

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I'm sorry, I was talking about the part where you can't think.

[CSM]

Psycho posts:


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I'm sorry, I was talking about the part where you can't think.

Some people try to think and nothing happens...Psycho is one of them.

[Psychoblues]

Look, csm, you and trobby can condemn me all you want. The other facts are that neither of you have commented on the facts as presented in the article. You have, however, attacked me apparently because I posted the article and apparently you don't agree with it for whatever reason or you simply don't want to hear it. Either way, you indicate your intelligence by your own posts, not mine.

Some people try to think and nothing happens...Psycho is one of them.

Sorry sarge, you ain't makin' much sense to me.

[Gunny]

It all comes home. In a casket, a gurney or in a basket.


The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Maj. Gen. George Weightman, who was fired as head of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, after Army officials refused to allow him to testify before the committee Monday.

Committee Chairman Henry Waxman and subcommittee Chairman John Tierney asked Weightman to testify about an internal memo that showed privatization of services at Walter Reed could put "patient care services... at risk of mission failure." ...

The memorandum "describes how the Army's decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was causing an exodus of 'highly skilled and experienced personnel,'" the committee's letter states. "According to multiple sources, the decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed led to a precipitous drop in support personnel at Walter Reed."

The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.

They also found that more than 300 federal employees providing facilities management services at Walter Reed had drooped to fewer than 60 by Feb. 3, 2007, the day before IAP took over facilities management. IAP replaced the remaining 60 employees with only 50 private workers.


More: ARMY TIMES!!! http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/03/Weightmansubpoena

I can’t even think in the light of this revelation and statement of FACT!!!!!!!!

Let us review:

The memorandum "describes how the Army's decision to privatize support services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center was causing an exodus of 'highly skilled and experienced personnel,'" the committee's letter states.

Highly skilled? Where did they keep THESE GUYS hidden?

The letter said Walter Reed also awarded a five-year, $120-million contract to IAP Worldwide Services, which is run by Al Neffgen, a former senior Halliburton official.

This statement does not support the allegation in the thread title; which, is blatant misrepresentation in an attempt to sensationalize.

I can’t even think in the light of this revelation and statement of FACT!!!!!!!!

More attempted senasationalism. I see nothing worthy of such a response.

[Psychoblues]

Unfreakinbelievable!!!!!!!!!!

Let us review:
Highly skilled? Where did they keep THESE GUYS hidden?
This statement does not support the allegation in the thread title; which, is blatant misrepresentation in an attempt to sensationalize.
More attempted senasationalism. I see nothing worthy of such a response.

Read it again and think about the good 'ol boys makin' all that easy dough while you read, gunny.

[Gunny]

Unfreakinbelievable!!!!!!!!!!



Read it again and think about the good 'ol boys makin' all that easy dough while you read, gunny.

I already read it. A former Haliburton employee does not a Haliburton subsidiary make. "Haliburton" is just one of those liberal buzzwords that gets y'all headlines; whether or not there is any legitimacy to the accusations.

[gabosaurus]

Now Halliburton can profit from the injured as well as the dead. How convenient.

[Birdzeye]

Does anybody have any evidence that all this privatization has benefitted the injured troops?

[Gunny]

Now Halliburton can profit from the injured as well as the dead. How convenient.

Yeah ... ignore the fact Haliburton has nothing to do with it in favor of making yet another stupid and baseless accusation.

[Gunny]

Does anybody have any evidence that all this privatization has benefitted the injured troops?

The privatization of support/non-primary military jobs has been going on since the cutbacks that started in the late 80s. It hasn't benefitted the military, to include injured troops.

It's like stretching a rubber band. Sooner or later it's going to break.

[avatar4321]

Privitizing? Good. Private sector always runs better and more efficiently then government run anything.

Just remember how bad government has run this health care facility. Liberals want the government to run health care for the entire country. They can't handle a military hospital and they want to extend that to cover everyone.

[gabosaurus]

If the Bushies keep our troops over in Iraq for long enough, they won't have to deal with as many coming back. Which is probably the primary objective.

[Psychoblues]

"Halliburton" is no "liberal buzzword", dipstick. Halliburton has been around for many years, been shown extraordinary favoritism by the Reagan, both Bushes and even the Clinton administrations and you reduce them to "liberal buzzword"?

I already read it. A former Haliburton employee does not a Haliburton subsidiary make. "Haliburton" is just one of those liberal buzzwords that gets y'all headlines; whether or not there is any legitimacy to the accusations.

Talk to the regular employees of most any power generating entity, industrial refurbishment operation or commercial construction business associated with governmental contracting and they will all tell you that Halliburton is Poison with a capital P. That is outside the political infrastructure of the Republican Party. Excepting them (the pukes that support Halliburton) their reputation for inferior work, union busting and contract exploitation is well known.