Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty. The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of the U.S. Congress to U.S. military personnel only. There are three versions of the medal, one for the Army, one for the Navy, and one for the Air Force. Personnel of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard receive the Navy version.

The Medal of Honor was created as a Navy version in 1861 named the "Medal of Valor", and an Army version of the medal named the "Medal of Honor" was established in 1862 to give recognition to men who distinguished themselves "conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity" in combat with an enemy of the United States. Because the medal is presented "in the name of Congress," it is often referred to as the "Congressional Medal of Honor". However, the official name is the "Medal of Honor," which began with the U.S. Army's version. Within United States Code the medal is referred to as the "Medal of Honor", and less frequently as "Congressional Medal of Honor".

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II (US ⁱ/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/; born August 4, 1961) is an American politician serving as the 44th President of the United States, the first African American to hold the office. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School, where he served as president of the Harvard Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his law degree. He worked as a civil rights attorney and taught constitutional law at University of Chicago Law School between 1992 and 2004. He served three terms representing the 13th District in the Illinois Senate from 1997 to 2004, and ran unsuccessfully in the Democratic primary for the United States House of Representatives in 2000 against incumbent Bobby Rush.

In 2004, Obama received national attention during his campaign to represent Illinois in the United States Senate with his victory in the March Democratic Party primary, his keynote address at the Democratic National Convention in July, and his election to the Senate in November. He began his presidential campaign in 2007 and, after a close primary campaign against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2008, he won sufficient delegates in the Democratic Party primaries to receive the presidential nomination. He then defeated Republican nominee John McCain in the general election, and was inaugurated as president on January 20, 2009. Nine months after his inauguration, Obama was named the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize laureate.

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Police officers point their weapons outside the Olympia mall in Munich, southern Germany, Friday, July 22, 2016 after several people have been killed in a shooting

At least nine dead after Munich ‘shooting rampage’

Edit The Irish Times 22 Jul 2016

Police are investigating if the ninth person to die was one of the attackers ... Just before 6pm local time an emergency call reported a shooting at a fast food restaurant at the Olympic Shopping Centre (OEZ), triggering a massive police deployment of more than 200 vehicles and hundreds of officers ... US president Barack Obama pledged his support for Germany....

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Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, waves to supporters as he arrives at Iowa State Fairgrounds, Sunday, Jan. 31, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.

At RNC, Did Sen. Cruz Lose or Did He Trump Donald Trump?

Edit WorldNews.com 22 Jul 2016

Once and for all, that is, in the back of his opponent Donald Trump who not only received the mantle as the new Republican presidential nominee, but was handed the Republican-blessed sword to slay the Clinton Dynasty and neo-liberal policies while taking back the White House.Cheers Turned Into Jeers for Sen ... (Dallas Darling is the author of Politics 501....

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In this photo made from the footage taken from Russian Defense Ministry official web site on Monday, Oct. 5, 2015 a bomb is released from Russian Su-24M jet fighter in Syria. NATO strongly criticized the Russian air campaign in Syria that began Wednesday.

Russian warplanes targeted US, British outpost in Syria: report

Edit Kashmir Observer 22 Jul 2016

The Journal, which cited US officials as its source, said the previously unreported air strikes on June 16 and July 12 were part of a bid by Moscow to pressure Washington to cooperate more closely with it in the skies over Syria. A contingent of about 20 British special forces had pulled out the day before the first attack on June ......

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Republican Presidential Candidate Donald Trump, speaks during the final day of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday, July 21, 2016.

Trump Pulls Nearly Even With Clinton In Latest Reuters/Ipsos Poll

Edit WorldNews.com 22 Jul 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has pulled nearly even with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton for the first time since May, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll taken over the course of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland this week, Reuters reports.The July 18-22 national online poll found that 41 percent of likely voters supported Clinton, while 38 percent supported Trump....

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Policemen block the scene of the shooting with a large section of the surrounding area in Munich, Germany, Saturday, July 23, 2016. A man found dead near a Munich shopping center killed himself and was likely the lone gunman in an attack that killed nine people and injured at least 10 others, a spokesman for the Munich police said. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

9 killed; police give all-clear, say suspect dead in Munich

Edit The Hindu 23 Jul 2016

An 18-year-old German-Iranian man opened fire in a crowded Munich shopping mall and a nearby McDonald’s on Friday night, killing nine people and wounding 16 others before killing himself, the chief of police in the Bavarian capital said ... In the U.S., President Barack Obama pledged to provide Germany with whatever help it might need to investigate the mall shooting....

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