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Donna Shalala said she sensed President Bush's fury over reports of shabby treatment of war veterans
''He made it very clear that if one soldier doesn't get high-quality treatment and isn't transitioned back into civilian life, or back into the military, that's unacceptable,'' Shalala told reporters outside the White House. ``You could sense his anger and his anxiousness that we move as quickly as possible. . . . It's a broad mandate and Sen. Dole and I are pleased to serve.'' University of Miami President and former Clinton Cabinet member Donna Shalala served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Iran in the 1960's.
Donna Shalala said she sensed President Bush's fury over reports of shabby treatment of war veterans
Shalala: I sense Bush's `anger'
BY LESLEY CLARK
lclark@MiamiHerald.com
WASHINGTON - University of Miami President Donna Shalala said this morning she sensed President Bush's fury over reports of shabby treatment of war veterans after she emerged from an Oval Office meeting.
She said Bush wants a speedy -- and comprehensive -- fix to problems facing wounded vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
Shalala, a Democrat who served as former President Bill Clinton's secretary of health and human services, and former Republican Sen. Bob Dole, who long represented Kansas in the U.S. Senate and was wounded in World War II, were asked by Bush to chair a bipartisan panel to investigate problems at the nation's military and veterans hospitals following disclosures by The Washington Post of poor care of those wounded on the battlefield at the nation's premier military hospital, Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
''He made it very clear that if one soldier doesn't get high-quality treatment and isn't transitioned back into civilian life, or back into the military, that's unacceptable,'' Shalala told reporters outside the White House. ``You could sense his anger and his anxiousness that we move as quickly as possible. . . . It's a broad mandate and Sen. Dole and I are pleased to serve.''
She called the situation an ''embarrassment'' for the country.
Bush, in the Oval Office meeting, said, ''Any report of medical neglect will be taken seriously by this administration'' and that he was confident the commission led by Shalala and Dole ``will bring forth the truth.''
Said Shalala: ``This is going to be comprehensive, it's going to be vigorous and neither one of us is afraid of talking to the brass, whether it's the president of the United States or a general.''
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