Walter Reed Army Medical Center

President Barack Obama spent nearly two hours visiting wounded U.S. soldiers Friday afternoon. The president met with 19 soldiers being treated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, as well as the families of three soldiers in intensive care, and hospital staff. He also awarded two Purple Hearts. The president's visit came a day after an Army psychiatrist who once trained at Walter Reed hospital allegedly killed 13 people at Fort Hood. The White House says the hospital visit was planned before the shootings. Friday's visit was Obama's first to Walter Reed since taking office, though he visited as a presidential candidate. (This version CORRECTS ... Read Full Story

Officials say the suspected Fort Hood shooter, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, was a psychiatrist at Walter Reed Army Medical Center for six years before transferring to Fort Hood. They said he received a poor performance evaluation while at Walter Reed Medical Center. Read Full Story

Last night thousands of viewers were puzzled over the mansion-like building in the backdrop of McCain’s speech. The image appeared on the backdrop for about five minutes, then faded into an American Flag. Well, mystery solved – it was a picture of the Walter Reed Middle School in North Hollywood, California. Now the next mystery is why was Walter Reed the backdrop for his speech anyway? Many people believe that an image of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center was supposed to be featured behind McCain, but one of the tech guys on his campaign goofed and put up a picture of the school. ... Read Full Story

CHARLIE GIBSON: You said recently, in your old church, “Our national leaders are sending U.S. soldiers on a task that is from God.” Are we fighting a holy war? SARAH PALIN: You know, I don’t know if that was my exact quote. CHARLIE GIBSON: Exact words. ~ABC News Interview, Sept. 11, 2008 Ok, fine. Sarah Pork Barrel Palin is attractive, especially when she stands next to the dorks in politics. Still, when pretty people start spouting Christian dogma and run-on about creationism in school, tasks from God in Iraq , and a bunch of provincial wedge issues, doesn’t that take the shine off the ... Read Full Story

I was going to post today on a way to support the troops this Holiday Season . A retired Airforce friend of mine brought me over an address to Walter Reed Army Medical Center and suggested I post how folk could send Christmas cards and letters to the wounded Soldiers....... I thought it sounded like a great idea till I went to the Walter Reed Army Medical Center website and read that they do NOT accept these letters and cards . This is from the site : " Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials want to remind those individuals who want to show their ... Read Full Story