HOUSE COMMITTEE INVESTIGATES WALTER REED
Rep. John Tierney (D-MA) (L), joined by Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-CA), questions witnesses during a House Oversight and Government Reform Committee Hearing on the care and conditions of wounded soldiers at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center on March 5, 2007. (UPI Photo/Kevin Dietsch)
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