President George W. Bush broke ground Thursday on the new Bethesda medical center expected to house the future of military medical care, without mentioning past problems noted by some in attendance.

Military leaders aim to move most medical services from the District’s embattled Walter Reed Army Medical Center to a new Walter Reed National Medical Center in Bethesda by September 2011. The complex will serve Army, Navy and Air Force personnel at the current site of the National Naval Hospital on Maryland Route 355.

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