As has been pointed out already, he did attend the Commander in Chief ball, where he and Michelle danced with service personnel as well as with each
other and spoke with soldiers in Iraq.
Obama was on the Senate committee for veterans' affairs and has drafted legislation to improve services at Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well as
other legislation for veterans. He has always cared about veterans.
There were at least 100 balls that night and the Obamas just couldn't attend all of them. As you may remember, they had had kind of a long day


