Best news all day…….this arrogant SOB needed to go!!! H/T Bat for this post!!!

WASHINGTON - The Army forced its surgeon general, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley, to retire, officials said Monday, making him the third high-level official to lose his job over poor outpatient treatment of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Kiley, who headed Walter Reed from 2002 to 2004, submitted his retirement request on Sunday, the Army said in a statement.

Kiley had been a lightning rod for criticism over conditions at Walter Reed, including during congressional hearings on Walter Reed last week. Articles by The Washington Post described substandard conditions and bureaucratic delays at the facility overwhelmed with wounded from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

“We must move quickly to fill this position - this leader will have a key role in moving the way forward in meeting the needs of our wounded warriors,” Acting Secretary of the Army Pete Geren said in an Army statement.

Geren asked Kiley to retire, a senior defense official said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak on the record.
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