Major military honors for the Army Secretary who oversaw Walter Reed's squalor

Think Progress first reported on the elaborate ceremony for Army Secretary Francis Harvey who was fired over the abhorrent treatment received by wounded soldiers at Walter Reed. Maybe the Defense Department could have used the money they wasted on this extravaganza for something more constructive. Just look at all the military personnel participating in this thing. They sure get rewarded for incompetence in the Bush Administration.

CAPTION/CREDIT: Former U.S. Secretary of the Army General Francis Harvey reviews an honor guard during a farewell ceremony for him at Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia March 9, 2007. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (UNITED STATES)