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Mar 19, 6:12 AM EDT
Walter Reed Deal Hindered by Disputes
By DONNA BORAK
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
The disputes involved hospital management, the Pentagon, Congress and IAP Worldwide Services Inc., the only private bidder to handle maintenance, security, public works and management of military personnel.
...
needed repairs went undone as the non-medical staff shrank from almost 300 to less than 50.
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IAP is owned by a New York hedge fund whose board is chaired by former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and it is led by former executives of Kellogg, Brown and Root, the subsidiary spun off by Texas-based Halliburton Inc., the oil services firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Full Version: Walter Reed outsourcing to Bush buddies
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http://customwire.ap.org/dynamic/stories/W...-03-19-06-12-18
Mar 19, 6:12 AM EDT
Walter Reed Deal Hindered by Disputes
By DONNA BORAK
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
The disputes involved hospital management, the Pentagon, Congress and IAP Worldwide Services Inc., the only private bidder to handle maintenance, security, public works and management of military personnel.
...
needed repairs went undone as the non-medical staff shrank from almost 300 to less than 50.
...
IAP is owned by a New York hedge fund whose board is chaired by former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and it is led by former executives of Kellogg, Brown and Root, the subsidiary spun off by Texas-based Halliburton Inc., the oil services firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.
Mar 19, 6:12 AM EDT
Walter Reed Deal Hindered by Disputes
By DONNA BORAK
AP Business Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An Army contract to privatize maintenance at Walter Reed Medical Center was delayed more than three years amid bureaucratic bickering and legal squabbles that led to staff shortages and a hospital in disarray just as the number of severely wounded soldiers from Iraq and Afghanistan was rising rapidly.
The disputes involved hospital management, the Pentagon, Congress and IAP Worldwide Services Inc., the only private bidder to handle maintenance, security, public works and management of military personnel.
...
needed repairs went undone as the non-medical staff shrank from almost 300 to less than 50.
...
IAP is owned by a New York hedge fund whose board is chaired by former Treasury Secretary John Snow, and it is led by former executives of Kellogg, Brown and Root, the subsidiary spun off by Texas-based Halliburton Inc., the oil services firm once run by Vice President Dick Cheney.
There is no Big Lie because every lie is a big lie. It seems like I mentioned something about
GRANTS MANAGEMENT when the hospital thing first came up.
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