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Originally Posted by The Reaper
Congratulations, Sergeant.
And yes, I think that given seven years of war, with no living recipients of the Medal, and now several from three different branches of service in the past year or so, it is political. It is one of the most "Presidential" looking things the POTUS can do, and no one will complain about what he is doing.
No issues with the current recipients, just think that there were others prior to 2009 who deserved it as well.
TR
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Roy Benavidez was awarded the MOH 14 years after his valorous actions; the last MOH for the Korean War was awarded in 2005; the final MOH's for WW2 weren't awarded until 2000 and for Vietnam in 2002 and 2007.
The proverbial 'fat lady' in the GWOT hasn't sung yet.
And so it goes...
Thank you, Sergeant Dakota.
Richard 
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