Watch the PBS NewsHour Tonight, 3-30-07, This Ought To Be Real Interesting:
President Bush visited Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington Friday and apologized to soldiers, six weeks after accounts of poor conditions and patient neglect surfaced. Judy Woodruff reports on the President's visit and health care for veterans. Then, Woodruff speaks with guests including: Steve Robinson, director of veterans affairs at Veterans for America, an advocacy and humanitarian organization, who had a 20-year career in the Army; Peter Gaytan, director of the veterans affairs and rehabilitation division at the American Legion.
A spokesperson from the American Legion, HELLO!!!!
I'll postup the links when they get the Video ready, usually they'll have the Audio shortly after the show, but the Video feed comes abit later!
Check your local listings.
What Bobby Muller, of Veterans For America, had to say about this visit:
Walter Reed is Not a Photo Op
I just learned that President Bush will visit Walter Reed tomorrow afternoon {This Afternnon}.
The President should use his visit to gather first-hand accounts from our newly injured soldiers. He should use this trip to become more aware of the appalling state of military and veterans health care in this country, and he should use this trip to reinforce the responsibility that he has to ensure that our service members and veterans receive care for their injuries that is worthy of their sacrifices.
If the President uses this trip as an opportunity to justify a veto of the supplemental, then SHAME ON HIM.
Walter Reed is still broken.
The DoD healthcare system in this country is still broken.
The social contract between our country and those it sends to war is broken.
Now is the time for action. Tomorrow cannot be a photo op; it cannot be a political stunt.
Our troops need their Commander in Chief to start working harder for them.
President Bush should visit the areas of Walter Reed where our soldiers are suffering because of our neglect. He should visit Ward 54, where soldiers are suffering from acute mental health conditions. He should visit the decrepit outpatient holding facilities where our soldiers are waiting close to a year to get processed out of the Army.
Congress, the media, and the American people need to send a strong message that we will not tolerate any more political maneuvering at the expense of our troops.
(Please visit Veterans For America to learn about our work with Walter Reed. Veterans for America has been working to address the needs of service members and veterans for over 30 years)
Update: Here's the Real Audio Link, I'm sure there will be a Video Link on this report, and if so will post.