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QUOTE OF THE DAY

President Bush Visits Walter Reed Army Medical Center Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Washington, D.C.

THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for joining me. I've just come down from a tour of a couple of the wards up there here at Walter Reed. First, I'm inspired by the quality of health care. Americans may wonder whether or not our troops are getting the best possible health care, and they are. They're not only getting great care from good docs and nurses, they're getting a lot of compassion and a lot of love up in the wards. And so I want to thank you all. General, thank you very much for taking the lead.

This past month is the lowest number of patients being admitted here since '02, and that's good news. It's good news for families who worry about their loved ones in harm's way, and it's good news for the staff here, who would like nothing more to be -- to have nobody come in here. Every time I come to a facility like this I count my blessings -- and one of the great blessings is to be the President of a country that produces such brave men and women.

And so as we head into the holiday season I ask for the good Lord's blessing on those in harm's way and their families. And I thank you again, General, for your hospitality. I appreciate you having me. Thank you.

PHOTOS OF THE DAY

President George W. Bush visits with U.S. Army Sgt. John Wayne Cornell of Lansing, Mich., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where he is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. With them are Sgt. Cornell's wife, Dee, and mother-in-law Diane Elaine Galloway. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

President George W. Bush addresses the media Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, after visiting with wounded troops at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

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President George W. Bush holds a news conference in the Brady Press room at the White House in Washington December 20, 2007.

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President George W. Bush speaks before signing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007 in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington December 20, 2007.

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President Bush signs the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007,Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. Standing, from left are, Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., Rep. Rob Andrews, D-Ohio., Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La, Senator Max Baucus, D-Mont., Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Sen. George Voinovich,R-Ohio, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio

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President Bush shakes hands with Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., left, after signing the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act of 2007, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington. From left are, Stabenow, Rep. Rob Andrews, D-Ohio., Rep. Jim McCrery, R-La, Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., the president, Sen. George Voinovich, Housing Secretary Alphonso Jackson, and Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones, D-Ohio.

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President Bush talks with Army Sgt. John Wayne Cornell of Lansing, Mich., after presenting him with The Purple Heart, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington. With the President are Cornell's wife ,Dee Cornell and his mother-in-law Diane Elaine Galloway. Friend Sgt. Sandra Hightowersmith, is in the background

President Bush presents the Purple Heart to Army PFC Jeddah DeLoria of Chosen, Colo., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007 at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C. DeLoria is recovering from injuries sustained in Afghanistan.

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President Bush presents the Purple Heart to Army Spc. John C. Hoxie of Philippi, W.Va., during a visit Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Iraq. Looking on at right, is the soldier's father, David Hoxie

President Bush shakes the hand of Army PFC Demario Hicks of Fort Stewart, Ga., Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, after presenting him with a Purple Heart during his visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Iraq

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President Bush speaks to reporters after a private meeting with wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007. Looking on from left to right: Maj. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland, Commanding General ,North Atlantic Regional Medical Command and Walter Reed Army Medical Center; Col. Patricia Honoho, Commander, Walter Reed Health Care System.

President Bush returns to the White House after visiting with wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007.

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Vice President Dick Cheney looks on as President Bush, not pictured, speaks at the ceremonial swearing in of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, not pictured, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington.

President Bush, speaks at the ceremonial swearing in of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, not pictured, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington

Defense Secretary Robert Gates listens as President Bush, not pictured, speaks at the ceremonial swearing-in ceremony of Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, not pictured, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington.

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President Bush looks on as Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake, second from left, is ceremonially sworn in by Vice President Dick Cheney, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, in at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington. Peake's wife Janice, center, and daughter Kimberly, second from right, look on.

President Bush looks on as Veterans Affairs Secretary James Peake speaks during his ceremonial swearing in at the Veterans Affairs Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007.