President of the United States of America Barack Obama visited the Georgian military servicemen LTC Alexander Tughushi wounded in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence of Georgia says. President Barack Obama visited Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, on March 2 where LTC Alexander Tughushi undergoes a medical rehabilitation course. President Barack Obama talked with LTC Alexander Tughushi. Tughushi's cousin, Alexi Gogrichiani, is also pictured in an Official White House Photo taken by Pete Souza.

Before the US President Georgia’s President, Mikheil Saakashvili visited the same Medical Center and awarded LTC Alexander Tughushi with the 1st-rank Vakhtang Gorgasali Order.

LTC Alexander Tughushi served under the US peace contingent in Helmand province within the ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) peacekeeping mission.