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U.S. President George W. Bush poses with wounded service members during the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ground breaking ceremony held at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., July 3, 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush poses with wounded service members during the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ground breaking ceremony held at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., July 3, 2008.

U.S. President George W. Bush poses with wounded service members during the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center ground breaking ceremony held at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md., July 3, 2008.

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