Biden Visits Wounded Soldiers In Texas

Vice President Joe Biden visited with soldiers at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio yesterday. Via Texans on the Potomac:

Vice President Joe Biden, in San Antonio for the NCAA women’s basketball championship, stopped by Brooke Army Medical Center today to visit wounded warriors.

According to the White House, the vice president and his wife Jill “visited with rehabilitating service members, many of whom were injured while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, at the Center for the Intrepid.
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“They also met with active duty military doctors, nurses and staff to thank them for the steadfast care they are providing to their patients every single day. The Bidens concluded their visit by spending time with inpatients and their families, and thanking them for their service to and sacrifice for our country.”

Brooke’s Center for the Intrepid is perhaps the military’s pre-eminent rehabilitation facility for amputees and burn victims. Unlike Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, the Center for the Intrepid was specifically built to provide care for military personnel wounded in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The San Antonio facility also treats other veterans.