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President Bush Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Neal Boyd of Haynesville, La., after presenting him a Purple Heart during a visit Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on is SFC Boyd's wife, Joyce. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Neal Boyd of Haynesville, La., after presenting him a Purple Heart during a visit Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on is SFC Boyd's wife, Joyce. White House photo by Eric Draper Full Story
President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Stipp of Avon, Ind., after presenting him with two Purple Hearts Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where the soldier is recovering from wounds suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on are his wife, Megan, and father, Mitch Stipp. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Neal Boyd of Haynesville, La., after presenting him a Purple Heart during a visit Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on is SFC Boyd's wife, Joyce. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army PFC Lukas Shook of Strafford, Mo., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on are PFC Shook's mother and father, Dennis and Cynthia Shook. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush holds 15-month-old James Jensen, son of Purple Heart recipient U.S. Army Cpl. Isaac Jensen of Layton, Utah, background-right, while posing for a photo Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 with Cpl. Jensen, his wife, Bethany and his mother, Eva Francis, right, during President Bush's visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Jensen is recovering from injuries sustained while serving in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush congratulates U.S. Army PFC Joseph Devan of Baltimore, Md., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. With them is PFC Devan's wife, Stephanie. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush stands with U.S. Army Specialist Fernando Aguilar of Tucson, Ariz., Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a White House military aide reads Aguilar's Purple Heart citation. Aguilar is recovering from injuries sustained when two hand grenades were thrown at his vehicle while on patrol in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush addresses his remarks to reporters following his visit with wounded military personnel Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. Colonel Norvell V. Coots, Commander of the Walter Reed Health Care System, is seen in the background. White House photo by Eric Draper
With Mrs. Laura Bush by his side, President George W. Bush speaks to reporters Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to the Pathways to Housing DC, a distribution site for the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project, in Washington, D.C. Modeled after the first Pathways to Housing program in New York City founded in 1992, Pathways to Housing DC works with individuals who have been turned away from other programs. White House photo by Shealah Craighead

 
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