his command in 2003, including the fact that a patient had been sleeping in his own urine. Kiley himself retired on March 12, 2007 after acting Army Secretary Pete Geren asked for Kiley's resignation. An internal WRAMC memorandum from September 2006 warned that the personnel shortage caused by an outsourcing of public works services put WRAMC in danger of "mission failure". In response, on March 6, President George W. Bush announced that former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole and former Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala, who was then serving as President of the University of Miami, would head a commission – President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors – investigating deficiencies in the current military and VA healthcare systems. The remaining Commission members included two veterans wounded in Operation Iraqi Freedom, the wife of an army Staff Sergeant severely burned in Iraq, the chairman and CEO of a non-for-profit organization that constructs "comfort homes" for families of hospitalized military servicemembers, two leaders in the health care industry, and an expert on veterans affairs and military health care. This commission released their final report on July 26, 2007 and issued their findings in testimony to the U.S. Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs on September 26, 2007. The scandal at Walter Reed led to an extensive analysis of the veterans' healthcare system as well, managed by the United States Department of Veterans' Affairs. Amidst accusations of mismanagement and excessive bureaucracy, the VA announced an extensive review of all of their medical facilities to ensure healthcare standards are being met. By 2011, the Army had hired new staff — about 3,500 — to help care for the wounded soldiers, and set up Warrior Transition Units at Walter Reed and around the nation, 29 in all, that now care for about 10,000 soldiers. See also Veterans Health Administration scandal of 2014 References External links Walter Reed, Building 18 from an Investigator of the Facility Walter Reed Army Medical Center Soldiers face neglect, frustration at army's top medical facility Hospital scandals George W. Bush administration controversies United States military scandals 2007 in the United States 2007 in Washington, D.C. Medical scandals in the United States