Walter Reed to Close Down???

Walter Reed, Hospital for Presidents and Grunts, May Fade Away
July 28 (Bloomberg) -- Mike Lewis spent his childhood tossing footballs and playing hide-and-seek on the grounds of Walter Reed Army Medical Center, where his father worked.

Thirty years later, Lewis serves food to patients at the hospital in northwest Washington, D.C. Now he's wondering how long his job, and the 96-year-old institution itself, will last.

Walter Reed, the flagship military hospital for presidents, dignitaries and wounded soldiers from World War I through the war in Iraq, is on the U.S. Defense Department's hit list for possible closing.

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