Ignorance- not always bliss.

In a recent editorial titled, Lessons of the past solve problems in the future, the editorial board of The Austin American Statesmen writes about problems that the Department of State Health have faced and been facing over the past few years. The article seems to be intended for the general public and perhaps government officials as they are mentioned in this closing statement: "...we should also remind officials that the only way to avoid future mistakes is to study and learn from past ones." The article relays findings made in a report by an advocacy group which explains how patients over the years have been sexually abused by the doctors responsible for treating them at psychiatric hospitals, and how the state has almost overlooked this because of the possibility of illegitimacy due to the patients' mental conditions. I do agree with the editorial board in that the state should examine the mistakes they made in overlooking the situation to help prevent this from happening in the future. 

Leadership???

After reading about Obama's leadership during Benghazi, an interesting point was brought to my attention from this article. Was The President very concerned with the events that took place last September? The main point of the passage is that the two top Defense Department leaders testified that they only had one conversation with Obama during the attack on September 11th, and Senator Lindsey Graham is fighting to hold President Obama "accountable". After questioning the two department heads, they claimed that The President was concerned about American lives despite his lack of contact, and was "well-informed" about the situation. The article states that Panetta and Dempsey (the Defense Department leaders) "claimed Thursday that the military could not have done more to save American lives that night, claiming that the difficulty in dispatching assets to the scene was "a problem of distance and time."
However, Panetta went on to say that the Pentagon, "spared no effort... to save American Lives."