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Army secretary resigns after medical scandal
02 Mar 2007 21:12:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
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WASHINGTON, March 2 (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday said the secretary of the Army, Francis Harvey, resigned after reports that troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan were receiving substandard medical treatment at the Army's top hospital.

Harvey's resignation came a day after the head of the Walter Reed Medical Center was fired.

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Labour Minister Franz Muentefering jokes with Health Minister Ulla Schmidt (front) during a voting for increasing pension age to 67 at the German lower house of parliament Bundestag in Berlin March 9, 2007. Later on Friday German parliament votes on a cabinet decision to send six Tornado reconnaissance jets to Afghanistan as requested by NATO to help boost intelligence gathering ahead of an expected spring offensive by Taliban insurgents.


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