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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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Vice President Dick Cheney is pictured after 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 and Vice President Dick Cheney walk together to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, after returning from the Veteran Affairs Department.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (C) and Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada Maxime Bernier (L) arrive for a news conference at the State Department in Washington December 20, 2007.

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, speak to the media during a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007

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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, glance at the media as they leave a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007.

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Canadian Foreign Minister Maxime Bernier, leave a news conference at the State Department in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007

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