Pentagon investigates veterans’ District residence

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a medical team to a historic veterans’ retirement home in Northwest Washington to investigate an increase in deaths and allegations of blood- and feces-spattered rooms.

The allegations come on the heels of reports of poor living conditions at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, a scandal that has led to the ouster of three high-ranking Army officials.

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