Bush To Jog With Soldier Who Lost Both Legs In Iraq

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Bush To Jog With Soldier Who Lost Both Legs In Iraq


WHITE HOUSE -- President George W. Bush is set to go jogging Tuesday with a soldier who lost both legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq.

Weather permitting, the president will take a spin on the White House track with Army Staff Sgt. Christian Bagge. The 23-year-old Eugene, Ore., native was riding in a convoy near Kirkuk a year ago when a blast tore apart his Humvee.

Bush met Bagge during a New Year's Day visit to Brooke Army Medical Center in Texas -- and when Bagge asked about a White House run, Bush agreed.

In 2004, Bush jogged with a soldier who lost a leg to a landmine in Afghanistan and met the president at Washington's Walter Reed Army Hospital.