ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff, himself injured in an explosion while covering the war in Iraq, reported last night on the Veterans Administration's shortcomings in dealing with military personnel who are returning home. Coming as this does just days after the Washington Post's devastating look at the treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed Hospital, the Defense Department's flagship facility, it is a shameful indictment of how America treats the same people that are frequently called "heroes" when it is politically expedient.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Poor treatment for 'heroes'
ABC News reporter Bob Woodruff, himself injured in an explosion while covering the war in Iraq, reported last night on the Veterans Administration's shortcomings in dealing with military personnel who are returning home. Coming as this does just days after the Washington Post's devastating look at the treatment of outpatients at Walter Reed Hospital, the Defense Department's flagship facility, it is a shameful indictment of how America treats the same people that are frequently called "heroes" when it is politically expedient.
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