Police officers who responded to the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and some of their family members pointedly declined to shake the hands of Mitch McConnell and Kevin McCarthy as they accepted Congressional Gold Medals on Tuesday. Officers and the family of fallen officer Brian Sicknick shook hands with Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader
Fallen officer’s family snubs McConnell and McCarthy at Jan. 6 gold medal ceremony
January 14, 2023 by
SEAL Team Member Receives Medal of Honor for âConspicuous Gallantryâ in Firefight with Al-Qaeda.
May 25, 2018 by
President Donald Trump awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on Thursday to now-retired U.S. Navy Master Chief Special Warfare Operator Britt Slabinski for âconspicuous gallantryâ during a 2002 mountain battle against Al-Qaeda forces. Salbinski entered the packed East Room of the White House with President Trump, who opened with thanks for the family of Slabinski […]
President Trump Wins ‘Medal of Life’ From Int’l Human Rights Group (But Fake News Media Blacks Out News)
January 27, 2018 by
âFor the first time in the course of his duties, a U.S. President, Donald Trump, declared his solidarity with members of the March for Life, and officially declared that for the U.S. January 22 stands as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. For that humanitarian gesture in defense of moral-ethical values and the sanctity of […]
McCain Slams ‘Half-Baked, Spurious Nationalism’ While Accepting Liberty Medal
October 17, 2017 by
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) receives the Liberty Medal from former Vice President Joe Biden in Philadelphia on Oct. 16, 2017. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) slammed “half-baked, spurious nationalism” as “unpatriotic” as he accepted the National Constitution Center’s Liberty Medal in Philadelphia on Monday evening. The annual award bestowed upon “men and women of […]
Obama grotesquely had himself awarded a Defense Dept. medal yesterday
January 5, 2017 by
President Obama has another ironic award for his trophy shelf, to accompany his Nobel Peace Prize and all those participation trophies he got at Punahou for his basketball skills. His appointee and subordinate Ash Carter yesterday pinned a military medal — the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service — on his boss, as […]
Obama Grants Medal of Honor to Army Captain Who Sprinted Toward Suicide Bomber
November 12, 2015 by
President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to one of our nation’s heroes Thursday morning, a fitting follow up to Veterans Day. Army Captain Florent Groberg was an accomplished track and field athlete at the University of Maryland. After joining the army and being deployed to Afghanistan in 2009 and 2012, his running skills were put to […]