Media

Recently the Washington Post published a series of articles detailing the care, or lack thereof, of soldiers and Marines in the outpatient care system at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. There’s no easy way to talk about what has happened at Walter Reed. There’s certainly no way for us to make it up to those who have been patients at the facility or to their families. Simply put, this is something that should not have taken place.

How many times have we seen a solution looking for a problem?

Democrats in the House of Representatives believe they’ve found a solution to lower Medicare prescription drug prices by allowing the federal government to negotiate their costs. But, examining the current situation, I would suggest that we should look to correct the existing program rather than create a new one as offered and passed by House Democrats January 12.

Two weeks ago, I attended the opening of a new photography exhibit in North Alabama observing the 5th anniversary of 9/11. Called Aftermath: Images of Ground Zero, it was an inspiring chronicle of the destruction and painstaking recovery that occurred in New York following the attacks. With all of the images that have been recorded from Ground Zero in New York, September 11 has been etched into our consciousness like few events before.