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Arlington Cemetery Probe: Where Did $5 Million for Records System Go?
By Heather Somerville - Politics DailyOfficials don't know what happened to more than $5 million that was supposed to buy a new technology system to automate burial records at Arlington National Cemetery. The money is spent, but the nation's cemetery for military killed in combat, veterans and their families continues to keep burial records for fallen soldiers on paper. After Thursday's Senate committee hearing to review contract mismanagement at Arlington National Cemetery, senators still have few answers on how, where and when the money was spent. "It is a disaster," said Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), chairwoman of the ...
Sen. Scott Brown on Arlington National Cemetery Failures: 'It's a Joke'
By Brian Schneider - Politics DailyAs many as 6,600 graves at Arlington National Cemetery could be unmarked or mislabeled, thousands more than the initial estimates, a Senate panel learned Thursday. The former superintendent said he didn't know how the problem could have happened. "As frustrated as you are with this, we are even more so," John Metzler, the former superintendent at Arlington, said during during testimony at a Senate subcommittee looking into the issue. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.), who chairs the subcommittee, said Thursday her investigations have found that 4,900 to 6,600 graves are unmarked or improperly ...
Arlington National Cemetery Reporter: 'National Media Hasn't Wanted to Touch This Story with a 10-Foot Pole'
By David Knowles - Politics DailyOn Thursday, the U.S. Army announced it was firing John Metzler and Thurman Higgenbotham, the civilian leadership at Arlington National Cemetery, after concluding a seven-month investigation into the improper burials of fallen American soldiers. Many of the startling discoveries at Arlington -- from bodies buried on top of one another in the same grave, to unidentified human remains found in a landfill on the Arlington grounds -- came about because of the diligent work of a single reporter, Salon's Mark Benjamin (Read his stories on Arlington here). Surge Desk caught up with Benjamin today ...
Army: Bodies Misidentified at Arlington Cemetery
By not in system - AOL NewsWASHINGTON (June 10) - The Army says at least 200 remains in Arlington National Cemetery may have been misidentified or misplaced, casting a shadow over what has been called America's "sacred ground." Defense officials said Thursday that the Army has forced out the cemetery's two civilian leaders and appointed a new chief. The Army says it plans a more thorough investigation of the questioned grave sites under the new management. More than 300,000 people are buried at Arlington National Cemetery, including service members from the Civil War as well as Iraq and Afghanistan. Army Secretary ...
Improper Marking of Graves at Arlington Cemetery Leads to Staff Shake-up
By Tom Diemer - Politics DailySome remains at the hallowed Arlington National Cemetery may be buried in the wrong graves and some grave sites on the green rolling hills are improperly marked, NBC News reported. Secretary of the Army John McHugh is expected to announce Thursday replacements for Arlington Superintendent John Metzler, who recently announced his retirement, and his deputy, Thomas Higginbotham. The network said both men were forced to step down in a shake-up that follows accusations of poor management at the cemetery in suburban Virginia and an investigation of charges that Higginbotham hacked into the ...
Arlington Chief Retires Amid History, Controversy
By Andrea Stone - AOL NewsARLINGTON, Va. (May 31) -- Walking in Arlington National Cemetery's Section 60, the flat field he picked out years ago for what is now "the saddest acre in America," Superintendent John Metzler Jr. is at home. More than 600 fallen from Iraq and Afghanistan are buried there, including Army Pfc. Sam Williams Huff, whose name reminds Metzler of a famous Washington Redskin linebacker and who was killed at 18 by a roadside bomb in Iraq in 2005. On the back of her marble headstone is inscribed the name of her mother, Marine Cpl. Margaret Joyce Williams. She died of cancer and a broken heart four ...
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