Picture of the Day - 2 - A Walter Reed "Fixer Upper"

The sequence is as follows. Wounded US soldiers found living in squalor. The Army rapidly rushes painters and plumbers to cover the visual evidence. Only then do they attack the article as unfair.

(Milbank) "It's not every day one gets to witness a whitewash in action, but Walter Reed Army Medical Center provided just such an opportunity yesterday."

(The same room that was featured in a recent newspaper article about the squalid conditions in Building 18 at Walter Reed Army Medical Center undergoes repairs, February 22, 2007. REUTERS/Mannie Garcia)