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Walter Reed Army Medical Center is a highly regarded place for wounded U.S.
troops to receive the military's best medical care. But are wounded soldiers
being neglected? Tonight on Hardball, Chris talks to the Washington Post's
Dana Priest, who spent four months observing the conditions at Walter Reed's
Building 18 and reported her findings - including mold, peeling wallpaper,
shower rot, mice and cockroaches - in Sunday's Post
(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/17/AR2007021701172.html).
As the military struggles to provide treatment for the thousands of troops
already wounded, how will the deployment of more than 20,000 additional troops
affect the patient care problem? NBC's Richard Engel will have the latest,
plus more on this story from Paul Rieckhoff, executive director of Iraq and
Afghanistan Veterans of America and Capt. Robert McGovern, author of "All
American: Why I Believe in Football, God and the War in Iraq." Engel is back
from Baghdad working on a documentary that will air on MSNBC on March 21 - the
fourth anniversary of the war.
For the latest on all of today's political news, go to the best political
website www.politics.msnbc.com, powered by the National Journal and NBC News.
Don't forget to check out NBC's "First Read" http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/
and MSNBC.com's political calendar http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14708421/.
And as the nation observes Presidents' Day, we'll look at the latest in
"Picking the Next President." David Axelrod, senior strategist for the Obama
campaign, will be here to talk about Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) on the West Coast
- tomorrow the senator will be feted by David Geffen, Jeffery Katzenberg and
Steven Spielberg at a Beverly Hills fundraiser - and how Obama stacks up with
his competition for the Democratic nomination.
Plus, more on the race for '08 with the Hardballers: MSNBC Political Analyst
Craig Crawford, Newsweek's Howard Fineman and radio talk show host Ron Reagan.
Will Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) continue to sell herself and her husband as a
package deal? Read the latest from Fineman, "The Couples Campaign"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17202401/site/newsweek/.
Shelby Poduch complied the "Hardball Briefing" from Washington, D.C.
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