Another resignation in the Walter Reed scandal

Another top military figure has resigned amid the scandal brewing at Walter Reed Medical Center involving unsanitary conditions, shoddy care and inordinate amounts of red tape.

Lt. Gen. Kevin Kiley, surgeon general of the Army, was asked to resign this week by acting Army Secretary Pete Geren.

Kiley had been named head of the troubled medical center after Maj. Gen. George Weightman was ousted, but it is now alleged Kiley knew about the deplorable conditions two years ago yet did nothing about it.

Gen. Eric Schoomaker has been named as a replacement.

Walter Reed has come under fire lately after it was discovered injured troops home from Iraq were living in moldy, roach-infested rooms. It has also been alleged the Army made it nearly impossible for injured service members to receive care by requiring an obscene amount of paperwork to prove injury.