Outside the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
The bodyguards from the Special Service wore solemn expressions.
It wasn't that they cared about which big shot had died inside, but whether this would affect their salary; after all, with an uncompleted KPI, there'd be no money for Christmas.
This medical center was known as "the President's Hospital."
In 1960, then-Vice President Richard Nixon was treated here for a staphylococcal infection.
In 1969, former President Eisenhower died here, after being hospitalized for nine months due to heart disease.
A decade later, former First Lady Mamie Eisenhower also passed away here. In 1965, former President Lyndon Johnson underwent gallbladder surgery here and invited photographers into his room.
Now, it was Old Bush's turn...
Many eyes were watching, especially those of Vice President James Dan Quayle, who had brought along the Constitution of the United States, ready to swear in at any moment.
