Bush visits Walter Reed

[maddezmom]

Source: Associated Press

Bush visits Walter Reed 4 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - The news of neglected war veterans outraged Capitol Hill, caused resignations at the Pentagon and promises of better treatment from the Bush administration. Now the patients at Walter Reed Army Medical Center get to hear from President Bush himself.

Bush on Friday was to tour the campus for the first time since reports surfaced of shabby conditions for veterans in outpatient housing.

He will meet with soldiers once housed in Building 18, who endured moldy walls, rodent infestation and other problems that went unchecked until reported by the media. Bush declared the situation unacceptable and ordered a full-scale review of care for veterans.

Walter Reed is considered one of the Army's premier facilities for treating the wounded. The revelations of shoddy treatment for those wounded in war was an embarrassment to Bush, who routinely speaks of the need to support the troops.


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A month and a half later and he's taking a stroll to check things out for himself :mad:

[Erika]

1. Where the hell has his concern been in the last four years

as was his rubber stamping GOP Congress? They did nothing.

[cboy4]

2. Interesting priorities. He decided to go to the correspondents'

dinner and watch Rove "rap," before finally making it to Walter Reed to check on the conditions himself. :puke:

[opihimoimoi]

3. Another Photo OP??? OMG....thats all he ever does....

[truthisfreedom]

4. Like he visited Katrina. And the administration's solution to that problem? Tell maps.google.com

to use the pre-Katrina images.

[Kiouni]

5. Faux news will report this tomorrow:

Bush looks at faulty Air Conditioner in Walter Reed Medical Center. No mold found, more funding reallocated to "war on terra."

[Solly Mack]

6. Like he cares

It's real simple - people that give a damn about the troops don't send them off to a war of lies.

That's the bottom line.

And it will take a heck of a lot more than money to right that wrong.

[tavalon]

7. He certainly doesn't give a fuck

so I wonder what angle he and his mafia are going for. What's the angle?

[Monkeyman]

8. Going to the scene of the crime

[radfringe]

9. Did everyone received a ribbon magnet?

[w4rma]

10. It sure took him long enough to take the simple drive across the city and see for himself. (nt)

[Aviation Pro]

11. I hope...

...one amputee soldier motions for Bush to come over and bend closer to the former, grabs him by the Presidential arm and hisses into his ear, "if you believe in this damn war so much why aren't your daughters in Iraq?"

[maddezmom]

12. AP: Bush pledges to improve care for troops

Bush pledges to improve care for troops By JENNIFER LOVEN, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - President Bush carried a promise of better treatment for neglected war veterans on a tour of Walter Reed Army Medical Center Friday, but critics questioned the timing of the visit six weeks after shoddy conditions were exposed there.

Bush first toured a typical — but empty — patient room in Abrams Hall, where soldiers were transferred after they were vacated from the facility's Building 18, where moldy walls, rodent infestation and other problems went unchecked until reported by the media. The room Bush saw featured a wide-screen television and a Macintosh computer on a desk.

"I appreciate that soldiers have got a Mac" to communicate with their families, the president said.

Also during the more than three-hour visit, Bush was touring the main hospital, and awarding 10 Purple Hearts to soldiers recovering from serious wounds suffered in Afghanistan and Iraq. Before leaving, the president was speaking to about 100 medical workers to explain what his administration is doing to improve care for veterans at facilities nationwide.

more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070330/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush;_ylt=AnlEuCG7hlTkmgnDL.aM8e3MWM0F

[fshrink]

13. There must be a psych unit there...

(Just dreaming)

[brentspeak]

14. You know the wounded troops have all been given stern orders to wear smiles