sentences:  Republicans and Democrats joined hands in criticizing the respective parties responsible for the conditions there.This prompted President George W. Bush to appoint former Senate Majority Leader and 1996 Presidential Candidate Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) and former United States Secretary of Health and Human Services Donna Shalala to oversee the process of healthcare for wounded soldiers.The "Post" was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 2008, citing Hull, Priest and duCille for "exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials."