It's important who tells the story and where they are based.

Two years ago Mark Benjamin of Salon wrote about the crappy conditions at Walter Reed and he has continued to write about them. His words appear to have fallen on deaf ears. It was not until the Washington Post, the newspaper of the politicians in Washington, started talking about Walter Reed that the s**t hit the fan. Who do you think will get the Pulitzer for this story?

Yesterday's Wapo article spoke of the brass ignoring the problem for years. And it's not only the military that has ignored the problem. Our Congress has as well.

It was refreshing to see Gates take action. He got rid of the Secretary of the Army and the general in charge of Walter Reed today. Tomorrow it may be the Army's Surgeon General.