also a young woman from walter reed in rehab from puerto rico. that is where wil is from. >> rob: you want to put it in perspective when we went over to walter reed. i think more people should visit the injured military personnel over there because a lot of them are young kids that defend this great nation. it puts your whole life in perspective. we talk about millions of dollars. it is all meaningless. this is these kids coming back injured from overseas that we should be taking care of. they can appreciate being out here at the ballpark. >> johnny: checked swing and one ball and two strikes to nieves. you talk about wil and what he does when he is away from the ballpark, getting involved in all sorts of charitable activities. there isn't a guy on this ball club who isn't willing and able when he can to do for others. >> rob: yeah. a lot of them are newcomers here like josh willingham. just a fabulous kid. adam dunn's coming over here from cincinnati. they all try the do as much as they can off the field. ryan zimmerman. not going to meet a nice

reed coming back and i felt that i wanted to learn more about walt whitman i stumbled onto the fact he had a brother he was an ordinary soldier who had written a hundreds of letters to waltz and his mother a very, very faithful correspondent wrote many hundreds of letters. there is a body of correspondence and it opened the door to the family that was a great experience for me. so why whelps that although whitman has been written about, there was a great potential story about this family during the war and experiencing it in many different ways. his brother george, was not just an ordinary soldier but an extremely capable and fierce soldier and described as a friend as a grade and tender mother man. george who adored walt, they were very, very close, a george was a very hard and to a soldier in the effective and a killer. the letters to their mother back in brooklyn is released during me back. he would write saying mom, we were in a scuffle a couple of days ago but it is close to a little creek called antietam then a brilliant very real creation of the battle and george's in the thi

i was very worried about the soldiers at walter reed. the guys who were coming back and i was -- i felt like there was more and more i wanted to learn what whitman had done. not that i discovered it but i stumbled on the fact that he had a brother who was an ordinary soldier who had written probably hundreds of letters to walt and to their mother in brooklyn and walt was a very, very faithful correspondent. wrote to this brother many hundreds of letters. so there was a body of correspondence. and it opened the door into the family that was a great and exciting discovery for me. so i suddenly felt that although whitman has been written about, there was -- there was this great potential story about this family, this family enduring the war and experienced it in many different ways and now this brother george whitman was not just an ordinary soldier. he was an extremely capable and fierce soldier. walt was described by a friend as a great tender mother man. george, who adored walt -- they were very, very close -- george was a very ardent so

they are cheering for the walter reed army soldiers tonight as the nats do every night. can you believe game 6, joe carter. when that ball went over the wall, it was the last time the toronto blue jays have been in the post season. second walk off homerun to win a world series after bill mazeroski did it to the yankees at old forbes field in 1960. and no playoff for the blue jays ever since. they have been in the playoffs '85, '89, '92, '93. a great run then by zito gaston and his blue jays. >> rob: and gaston has been brought back to bring back some of the magic and they have played better this season and part of last season. >> bob: yes, they have. wil nieves up the middle to the shortstop marco scutaro. last year, john gibbons was let go and cito gaston took over. he was let go on june 20th and cito gaston led them to a 51-30 record. he has been a guest manager for the last few years. people forget he is a good ballplayer. he was then known as clarence gaston. ross detwiler gets around late. as a major league hitter, he is 0-for-8 i. still looking for his first win an

. >> johnny: some of our injured servicemen and women from the versus walter reed and bethesda naval introduced to the fans. zimmerman draws a walk. that is 4th base on balls issued by micah owings. let's take a look back about 8 years ago. 2001 when adam dunn with the reds got his first career homerun. that is where i used to make a living. >> rob: old river front next to where they built great american ballpark. >> johnny: and marty still doing it down to our right. >> rob: down

>> bob: those young guys are clapping for some of their army heroes -- heroes from walter reed here at the ballgame like thefer they are every night. hope you're having a great night. no score, bottom of the third. guzman, johnson, zimmerman for the -- zimmermann for the nats. some of our great guys fromwalter reed army hospital on georgia avenue. >> rob: i saw a few more of those gentlemen at yankee stadium while we were up there. >> bob: there's cristian guzman. rolen even with the bag at third. guzman jacks one to left and then over to get it lind. cristian guzman has hit the ball in the air twice. get your red on. get a grand slam flex plan. pick four games, get one free. five games to choose from. get a free game. it's that easy. 888-632-nats or nationals.com/grandslam. here is nick johnson. walked his first time.  >> bob: right now, averaging 15 pitches per inning. jordan zimmermann is averaging 20. that didn't feel too good. nick got his foot with that one. the count is 0-2. >> rob: we talked about that with craig stammen that kind

reed hospital. i met him when he was in the midst of his physical therapy, therapy that was necessary because he had both lost legs while in combat in iraq. despite his tremendous sacrifice, he was committed to the hard work of rehabilitation in part because he hoped to go back to iraq. he was a patriot of the cause that ought to make us proud. i want to be clear that the concerns i have with care are with the organization and not with the muslim faith. even passing a glance at my record in congress should put the contrary to rest. in sudan, chechnya, china, bosnia and kosovo i have spoken out against the people against the muslim faith. i led the first delegation in darfur where nearly all the victims of the genocide are muslim. i was the only member of congress to visit chechnya during the fighting in 1995. when i returned i condemned the violence against the people, most of whom are muslim, and called for a cease-fire. i was one of the only members to visit muslim men in a serb run prison where i

camp lejeune, camp pendleton, fort campbell, kentucky, and walter reed have rehabilitative programs that includes the therapeutic use of animals to treat these wounded warriors and preliminary results show the programs are particularly effective. in the en bloc amendment, i have an amendment that directs the department of defense working with h.h.s. and the veterans' administration to conduct a study to determine whether the use of therapeutic -- the therapeutic use of animals to treat these wounded warriors should be expanded to other facilities and military installations around the country. i urge support of the en bloc amendment and this amendment and i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentleman from new jersey. >> i yield one minute to mr. cummings of maryland. the chair: the gentleman is recognized. mr. cummings: thank you for yielding. i rise in strong support of a great bill, fiscal year defense of 2010. by including the national guard and reserves, we ensure that d.o.d. does not present quonk an incomplete recommendation regarding the m

reed was some of the conditions there. that also is a fact of federally provided health care of. the veterans administration provides health care to our retired military personnel through the mass of civil periderm run health care system. i have 153 medical centers in seven her 55 community-based outpatient clinics. 232 cancelling centers and yet they still can effectively provide a minute routine medical service to all of its clients and in many cases have to rely on the private sector to fill in many of the services. fattah situation and i appreciate that alaska is different because of our geography and lack of providers but we still have situations in my state where for routine care you get to be shipped outside to seattle or other parts for a level of care that ought to be available within our system would and yet it is simply not there and it is not just alaska. and thing from any of several states throughout the country we have a tendency to see this and that medicare would. perhaps most specifically for a state like