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With Mrs. Laura Bush by his side, President George W. Bush speaks to reporters Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to the Pathways to Housing DC, a distribution site for the One Warm Coat Holiday Service Project, in Washington, D.C. Modeled after the first Pathways to Housing program in New York City founded in 1992, Pathways to Housing DC works with individuals who have been turned away from other programs.

President George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Kyle Stipp of Avon, Ind., after presenting him with two Purple Hearts Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center where the soldier is recovering from wounds suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on are his wife, Megan, and father, Mitch Stipp.

President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army Sgt. First Class Neal Boyd of Haynesville, La., after presenting him a Purple Heart during a visit Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on his SFC Boyd's wife, Joyce.

President George W. Bush shakes the hand of U.S. Army PFC Luka Shook of Strafford, Mo., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries received in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Looking on his PFC Shook's mother and father, Dennis and Cynthia Shook

President George W. Bush congratulates U.S. Army PFC Joseph Devan of Baltimore, Md., after presenting him with a Purple Heart Monday, Dec. 22, 2008, during a visit to Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where the soldier is recovering from injuries suffered in Operation Iraqi Freedom. With them is PFC Devan's wife, Stephanie.

President George W. Bush stands with U.S. Army Specialist Fernando Aguilar of Tucson, Ariz., Monday, Dec. 22, 2008 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C., as a White House military aide reads Aguilar's Purple Heart citation. Aguilar is recovering from injuries sustained when two hand grenades were thrown at his vehicle while on patrol in support of Opereation Iraqi Freedom.