Pentagon angers lawmakers over BRAC delay request

Members of Congress are angry thatthe Department of Defense was given ample opportunity to delay the move of tens of thousands of patients and employees in the Washington region, only to pass at the chance until the eleventh hour.

Federal employees have begun their shift to Fort Belvoir in Fairfax County, the Mark Center in Alexandria and a new Walter Reed medical campus in Bethesda. Lawmakers and doctors are worried about the hospitals’ ability to care for wounded warriors, as well as the traffic congestion caused by the military facilities.