President Barack Obama has finally gotten to visit with wounded American soldiers recovering at the U.S. military medical center in Germany.


He had hoped to visit Landstuhl last year when he was running for office, but the visit was nixed amid concerns it would be seen as political.

This evening, the president spent about two hours visiting with dozens of recovering troops, including 24-year-old Army Cpl. Steven Baker of Corinth, Miss. Baker was wounded by a roadside bomb last weekend in Afghanistan. The president pinned a Purple Heart medal on his chest. And Baker said later he couldn't stop smiling.

Another soldier honored by the president is Sgt. Matt Berth of Rhinelander, Wis. He said Obama told them the troops are the first thing on his mind each morning. Berth says that the president saying "thank you" means a lot.

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