House committee’s Arlington hearing scheduled for June 30

The House Armed Services Committee will hold a hearing June 30th on the unfolding scandal at Arlington National Cemetery. Army Secretary John McHugh and Lt. Gen. Steven Whitcomb, the Army inspector general, are slated to testify. The hearing follows an Army report released last week confirming a year of reporting by Salon.com showing burial mix-ups and contracting irregularities at the storied burial grounds. Committee Chairman Ike Skelton, D-Mo., said, “It is important for us to make sure the Army is taking all of the necessary steps to keep such egregious actions from ever happening again.”