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President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. 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, D.C., where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. 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, D.C., where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian

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President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. 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, D.C., where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
President George W. Bush presents the Purple Heart to U.S. Army Spc. John C. Hoxie of Philippi, W.Va., during a visit Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on is the soldier's father, David Hoxie. White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian
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
President George W. Bush, left, watches as double amputee Lance Cpl. Matt Bradford, who is also blind, climbs a wall, during President Bush’s visit Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 to the physical therapy and training area for wounded soldiers at the Center for The Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush offers his jacket to U.S. Army PFC Nicholas Clark of Seattle, Wash., during his visit Thursday, Nov. 8, 2007 to the Gait Lab at the Center for The Intrepid at the Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. PFC Clark, who lost a leg while serving in Afghanistan in 2007, is participating in a demonstration wearing retro-reflective markers to measure his body movements under infra-red cameras. White House photo by Eric Draper
President George W. Bush announces Dr. James Peake as his nomination for Secretary of Veterans Affairs in the Roosevelt Room Tuesday, Oct. 30, 2007. "He will be the first physician and the first general to serve as Secretary," said the President. "He will apply his decades of expertise in combat medicine and health care management to improve the veterans' health system. He will insist on the highest level of care for every American veteran." White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush waves to the crowd as he is introduced by Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Gary Kurpius Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo. White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush, delivering his remarks Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo., said "So long as we remain true to our ideals, we will defeat the extremists in Iraq and Afghanistan." White House photo by Chris Greenberg
President George W. Bush shakes hands with Veterans of Foreign Wars National Commander Gary Kurpius following the President's address Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, to the Veterans of Foreign Wars National Convention in Kansas City, Mo. White House photo by Chris Greenberg

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