Obama visits injured soldiers, helps volunteers
Published 1/19/2009 by CNN Associate Producer Martina Stewart at CNN Political Ticker
President-elect Obama rolled up his sleeves before painting a wall at a shelter.
WASHINGTON (CNN) — Barack Obama spent his last full day as president-elect visiting wounded soldiers and exhorting Americans to spend more time in the service of others.
With only hours to go before assuming the nation's highest office, he began Monday morning with a [...]
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