Thursday, I wrote about Gina Gray, who was fired from her job at Arlington Cemetery for trying to honor the wishes of the families of soldiers killed in Iraq. Dana Milbank's piece on Gray and the situation at Arlington is a must read. The families wanted media coverage to honor their dead family members. The Army (read: Bush administration) didn't. Gray got canned.
An update in today's Washington Post tells us the Army Secretary wants this matter investigated:
Army Secretary Pete Geren has asked his staff for an internal review to examine the Army's firing last month of Gina Gray, the former public affairs director of Arlington National Cemetery who had worked to restore media coverage of military funerals.Now, this is probably a PR stunt by the Army to quiet down the controversy and assuage members of Congress who have been complaining, but nothing will really change. That's what usually happens. Ms. Gray, however, seems pretty media savvy herself. Hopefully, she'll stay on top of this and keep her pals at the Washington Post -- and the rest of us -- informed.
