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Three Grave Mix-Ups Discovered After Caskets Opened at Arlington Cemetery
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyOfficials found three people buried in the wrong graves after caskets were opened at Arlington National Cemetery, the Army said Wednesday. The burial sites were opened last month as part of the ongoing investigation into shoddy records and mismatched graves at the hallowed military cemetery, The Associated Press reported. A fourth grave opened Wednesday contains the correct remains. At the request of his father, the casket of Marine Pfc. Heath Warner of Canton, Ohio, was examined and was found to be correctly marked, the AP said. Warner was killed in Iraq in 2006. Army spokesman Gary ...
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 ...
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