Walter Reed Inquiry

Rep. C.W. Bill Young, R-Fla., ranking Republican on the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense, pauses as he gets emotional about his recollections of his wife's personal experiences as a volunteer at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, during a hearing on Walter Reed Army Medical Center before the subcommittee, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, before the House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense hearing on Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

House Appropriations subcommittee on Defense Chairman Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa. presides over the subcommittee's hearing on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Former Sen. Bob Dole, left, and former Health and Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala talk to reporters outside the White House in Washington, Wednesday, March 7, 2007, following their meeting with President Bush. The two will co-chair the President's Commission on Care for America's Returning Wounded Warriors.

U.S. Marine Aaron Schoenfeld, right, 25, of Navarre, Fla., attends a hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee Tuesday, March 6, 2007 in Washington. Top defense officials were questioned regarding revelations of dilapidated conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Army Surgeon General, Lt Gen. Kevin Kiley, right, meets with Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker, right, is greeted by Senate Armed Services Committee member Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz. on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, March 6, 2007, prior to testifying before the committee's hearing on conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Sen. John Warner, R-Va. looks on at center.

Lieutenant Gen. Kevin Kiley, Army Surgeon General, left, and Major Gen. George Weightman are sworn-in prior to testifying before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Monday, March 5, 2007, on care and conditions of wounded soldiers at the hospital.

Acting Army Undersecretary Raymond DuBois, left, addresses a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing at Walter Reed medical Canter in Washington, Monday, March 5, 2007, on conditions of wounded soldiers at the hospital. From left are, DuBois, Staff Sgt. John Shannon, Annette McLeod and Spec. Jeremy Duncan.

Annette McLeod, wife of Cpl. Wendell McLeod, testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington Monday, March 5, 2007, to discuss care and conditions of wounded soldiers at the hospital.

Staff Sgt. John Shannon testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington, Monday, March 5, 2007, to discuss care and conditions of wounded soldiers at the hospital.

Spc. Jeremy Duncan testifies during a hearing before the House Subcommittee of Government Reform and Oversight Committee Monday, March 5, 2007, at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. The hearing was held to examine the treatment and living conditions of injured soldiers at the medical center. Duncan suffered a broken neck and lost his left ear to an improvised explosive device while he was on patrol in Iraq.

Former Walter Reed Medical Center head Maj. Gen. George Weightman testifies before a House Oversight and Government Reform subcommittee hearing at Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington Monday, March 5, 2007, to discuss care and conditions of wounded soldiers at the hospital.

Army Secretary Francis Harvey meets reporters at the Pentagon in this March 23, 2005 file photo. Harvey abruptly stepped down Friday, March 2, 2007, as the Bush administration struggled to cope with the fallout from a scandal over substandard conditions for wounded Iraq soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.