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NashVegas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:38 PM
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Wasn't Walter Reed Supposed to Close Down?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/08/25/national/main795373.shtml


FYI - Michael Penn's song, "Walter Reed" is on his MySpace page.
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Laughing Mirror Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 03:59 PM
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1. the "crown jewel of U.S. military hospitals" was supposed to close by 2011
Crown jewel with its own private ghetto, Bldg 18.
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Solo_in_MD Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 07:58 PM
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2. Indeed the last BRAC round called for the closure.
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Mayberry Machiavelli Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:13 PM
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3. Yes but only because it was to be consolidated into the nearby Bethesda Naval Hospital. Not
because the capability wasn't needed or the patient care burden was going away. Quite the opposite.
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