What a week it’s been for newly crowned Dancing With the Stars winner J.R. Martinez. The Pentagon has come a callin’, well actually, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has. He personally invited the Army veteran to come to the Pentagon for a visit so they could meet in person. Panetta wrote J.R. to congratulate him on his DWTS win. “Your strength and spirit captivated the nation, and your victory sends a strong message about the strength and resilience of our wounded warriors,” the note said. On Friday, Panetta spoke to Martinez on the phone and chatted for about 10 minutes. It was then that he asked the 28-year-old to come to Washington, D.C. Details of the visit are still being ironed out, and E! Online reports that Martinez will speak to troops (active and retired) while in D.C. Martinez beat out Rob Kardashian and Ricki Lake to claim the Season 13 DWTS championship title. He had been a frontrunner since the beginning of the season, inspiring us all with his amazing story. In 2006, while deployed in Iraq, he was driving a Humvee that hit a landmine. The explosion left him burned on over 40 percent of his body. He endured [...]
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